244, Lot: 238. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 205-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.56 g, 12h). Uncertain Phoenician mint. Circa 202-200 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings closed; M (date) before, NI between eagle’s legs. Svoronos 1284; SNG Copenhagen -; Mørkholm, "The Portrait Coinage of Ptolemy V: The Main Series," Essays Thompson (A20/P55). VF, light porosity, some cleaning scratches.