PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. Æ Hemidrachm (35.5mm, 26.74 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, club above kausia; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, Π between legs. Svoronos 1059 var. (no kausia); SNG Copenhagen 498 var. (same); CNG 118, lot 629. Earthen dark green patina, areas of weak strike. Near VF. Extremely rare with kausia, unknown to Svoronos, only one in CoinArchives; the PtolemAE Project website estimates five known.
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