PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.96 g, 12h). Alexandreia or an uncertain mint in Phoenicia. Struck circa 199/7 BC.

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Lot: 535. Estimated: $ 1 500

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 13.96 g, 12h). Alexandreia or an uncertain mint in Phoenicia. Struck circa 199/7 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠTOΛEMAIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, eagle standing left, wings closed, on thunderbolt; AP monogram to left, spearhead to right. Svoronos 1250; Carlen, Spearhead, Group 1, 13 (O3/R7) = Athena Fund II 948 (this coin, illustrated in Carlen); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 53–4; Boston MFA –; de Luynes 3584; Noeske –. Lightly toned, a little redeposited silver on obverse, small mark in field on reverse. Near EF. Rare.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Athena Fund (Part II, Sotheby's Zurich, 27 October 1993), lot 948; 1960 Balatah (Shechem), Samaria Hoard (IGCH 1588).


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