452, Lot: 489. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 12.50 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Jugate draped busts right of Serapis and Isis / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, ΔI between legs. CPE 892; Svoronos 1123-4; Landvatter Group 1, 1 (O1/R1); SNG Copenhagen 197-8. Toned, corroded and rough surfaces, cleaning scratches. VF.

From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Naville Numismatics 30 (2 April 2017), lot 92; Collection of a Southern Pathologist (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 343, 28 January 2015), lot 270, purchased from R. Golan, 29 October 1994.