CNG 112, Lot: 377. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.88 g, 12h). Uncertain military mint in Phoenicia. Struck circa 202-200 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; M to left. Svoronos 1263; Olivier 2809–12 var. (D19/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Mørkholm, Portrait, Group V, dies A2/R– (unlisted rev. die); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 1305. Toned, scratches on obverse. Good VF.

From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Pegasi XXXVIII (14 November 2017), lot 214; Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 754.