376, Lot: 272. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Diobol (31mm, 21.52 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, ΣE(?) monogram between legs. Svoronos 994 & 1151; Weiser 98 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 213-8; Noeske –. Good VF, dark brown surfaces with touches of green and red, smoothing and cleaning marks.
From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 630.