Very Rare Ptolemaic Obol

440, Lot: 235. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.55 g, 4h). Alexandreia mint. Wreathed head of Isis left / Eagle, with wings spread, standing left on serpent. Svoronos 1232 (Alexandreia mint, under Ptolemy V); Olivier –; cf. SNG Copenhagen 1247 (Kyrene mint, AV issue under Ptolemy I and II). VF, toned, slightly off center, minor edge split. Very rare, only two in CoinArchives.