PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Cyprus(?). Dated year 81 of an uncertain era (182/1 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; ΠA (date) in exergue. Svoronos 1102; Mørkholm, Ptolemaic 80 (obv. die A17 [Arados]); SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 73. VF, lightly toned, some roughness, struck with worn obverse die, as usual for this date (this obverse die was used for years 79–81).
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