Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 377
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.96 g, 12h). Uncertain mint 46, probably on the Levantine Coast. Struck circa 199/8 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. CPE 1109; Svoronos 1258; Carlen & Lorber p. 169; Mørkholm, Coins 21 (A4/P7); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 1301 var. (also wearing aegis). Toned, patches of find patina, a few hairlines. VF. Rare. From the Wild Rose Collection.The boy king Ptolemy V was the only Ptolemaic ruler, other than the first, to strike coins with his own portrait in significant numbers. Following his reign, subsequent Ptolemaic rulers reverted to the practice of depicting Ptolemy I Soter on their silver coinage, with a very few exceptions.
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