375, Lot: 52. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV or Ptolemy V. 222-205/4 BC or 204-180 BC. Æ Diobol (35mm, 35.89 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; club to left, filleted cornucopia at near shoulder, monogram between legs. Svoronos 1251; Weiser 120-2; SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –. VF, attractive earthend green patina, obverse die break.
From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 289 (24 October 2012), lot 166.