PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.13 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Cyprus. Dated year 92 of an uncertain era (181/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / ΠTOΛEMAIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on winged thunderbolt; BP (date, in monogram form) to left. Svoronos 1208; Olivier 219–23 var. (obv. die unlisted); DCA2 1156; SNG Copenhagen 556 var. (no E); BMC –; Boston MFA –; Noeske –; ANS inv. 1944.100.77215. Attractive even gray tone, with golden hues around the devices. EF. Rare, only five examples noted in Olivier, nine others in CoinArchives.
Ex Lugdunum 23 (14 December 2023), lot 82; Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 290.
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