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Ptolemaic Kingdom: Ptolemy V, Epiphanes - 205-180 BC
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Ptolemaic
Kingdom,
Ptolemy V Epiphanes, AR Tetradrachm, 205-180 BC, Alexandria Mint
(No legend)
Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis
PTOLEMAIOU-BASILEWS
Eagle standing left on thunderbolt
26mm x 27mm, 12.50g
Svoronos 1231; SNG Copenhagen 244-5
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Ptolemaic Kingdom,
Ptolemy V Epiphanes, AE22, 205-180 BC, Alexandria Mint
(No legend)
Head of right, wearing elephant skin headdress
ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ
Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread
21mm x 22mm, 8.91g
Svoronos 1236; SNG Copenhagen 249-252; Sear GCV 7883
Sear notes: The head on the obverse is probably that of Alexander, though
the features are somewhat effeminate and a portrait of Cleopatra I could
be intended.
Consignor notes: aVF, slightly off-center obverse
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