384, Lot: 372. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.71 g, 12h). Uncertain military mint in Phoenicia. Struck circa 202-200 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Ptolemy V right, diadem adorned with grain ear / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no controls. Svoronos 1300; Mørkholm, Ptolemaic, obv. die A2, unlisted rev. die; SNG Copenhagen –; CNG E-264, lot 240 (same dies); CNG 61, lot 951; Triton XV, lot 1319; LHS 103, lot 150. Near VF, some roughness and scratches. Rare issue without control marks, Mørkholm records only two examples with the portrait of Ptolemy V, both in museums (Berlin & Nicosia); four in CoinArchives.