CNG 106, Lot: 525. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.06 g, 11h). Uncertain mint in Palestine or on Cyprus. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to right. Svoronos 1259; Mørkholm, Coins 26 var. (A2/P– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 1302 corr. (monogram). Near EF, toned. Very rare, only four examples noted by Mørkholm (three of which are in museums), two others in CoinArchives.

From the George Bernert Collection. Ex Gemini III (9 January 2007), lot 272; Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 731.