PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.42 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1231; Olivier 3638–9, obv. die D44; SNG Copenhagen 244–5. Attractively toned over lustrous surfaces, a couple of minor marks at edge on reverse. EF. Well centered. From the North River Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (12 February 1997), lot 231; Numismatic Fine Arts XVI (2 December 1985), lot 294.
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