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348, Lot: 64. Estimate $100.
Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV or Ptolemy V. 222-205/4 BC or 204-180 BC. Æ (26mm, 17.78 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 6. Head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1493 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); Weiser 128 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 334-8 (Ptolemy VIII); Noeske 252-4 (Ptolemy VIII); Lorber & Faucher Series 6A. VF, brown patina with touches of green.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 113.

CNG is pleased to offer a large selection of Ptolemaic coins from the J. P. Righetti Collection. This group of coins is mostly comprised of diverse varieties of bronze issues from the beginning to the end of the Ptolemaic kingdom. The classification of many Ptolemaic bronze issues has been highly debated among numismatists, often with researchers publishing highly divergent attributions to various kings, and also in the naming of the denominations used. For this selection, we generally followed the attributions and denominations given on Dan Wolf’s website, www.ptolemybronze.com, who has been closely working with noted numismatic scholar, Catharine Lorber. The first of Cathy’s books on the Ptolemaic coinage, which will supplant the long outdated Svoronos, is imminently forthcoming, and we would like to thank her for reviewing this special offering. Her conclusions regarding each coin’s issuer, denomination, and mint are followed herein.