| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 384 Price realized: 2,750 USD (Approx. 2,519 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 14.09 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Jugate draped busts right of Serapis and Isis / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted double cornucopia over shoulder, ΔI between legs. CPE 892; Svoronos 1123–4; Landvatter Group 4, 51 (O12/R41); SNG Copenhagen 197-8; Noeske 139; Boston MFA 2284; SNG Berry 1488; Dewing 2760. Traces of die rust on obverse, hairline in field on reverse. Good VF. This type is thought to have been issued in celebration of the Ptolemaic victory over the Seleukids at the battle of Raphia during the Fourth Syrian War. Official propaganda proclaimed that these two deities, Serapis and Isis, had intervened on behalf of the Egyptians, saving them from defeat (see C. Lorber, "The Ptolemaic Era Coinage Revisited," NC 2007, p. 116, and L. Bricault, "Serapis et Isis, Sauveurs de Ptolémé IV à Raphia," Chronique d'Égypte LXXIV (1999), pp. 334-43). Thomas Landvatter, in his die study cited above that appeared in the 2012 ANS American Journal of Numismatics (Second Series, Vol. 24, p. 88), suggests that this issue was "carrying a very specific ideological message directed more widely throughout the empire: Ptolemy IV was equating himself and his wife Arsinoe with the divine sibling-spouses Serapis and Isis." Landvatter also notes that "[t]his was an ideological statement made during wartime, meant to have wide appeal and explicitly associate the Ptolemaic king and queen with two of the most popular deities in the Eastern Mediterranean." Indeed, the popularity of the Serapis/Isis cult would outlive the Ptolemaic dynasty and continue well into the Roman Imperial period, only to be eventually usurped by the Christian and Muslim faiths. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 556 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 150 Price realized: 1,700 USD (Approx. 1,579 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.80 g, 12h). Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Struck circa 222-219 and/or 217-205/4 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; ΠTO (mint) monogram to left, erasure mark to right, monogram between legs. CPE 911; Svoronos –; SNG Copenhagen –; . Lightly toned, some horn silver, struck with worn obverse die. VF. Extremely rare, only four noted in CPE, including the one piece in PCO and the one example in CoinArchives (CNG E-244, lot 236, the Shechem hoard coin noted by Carlen). Estimate: 150 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553 | Auction date: 3 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 186 Price realized: 120 USD (Approx. 109 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Drachm (40.5mm, 65.42 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5D. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia with basileion / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΔI between legs. CPE B495; Svoronos 1125; SNG Copenhagen –. Rough green-brown patina, some green encrustation, some doubling. VF. From the Libertas Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 553 | Auction date: 3 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 187 Price realized: 700 USD (Approx. 634 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.08 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, Ω above Σ. CPE 926; Svoronos 1180; SNG Copenhagen 504. Toned, area of weak strike, minor doubling and flan flaw on obverse. VF. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5346 Price realized: 3,000 USD (Approx. 2,756 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.11 g, 1h). Tyre mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, Ω above Σ; Φ between legs, A in exergue. CPE 928 var. (no control in exergue); Svoronos 1181 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen –. Lightly toned, struck with somewhat worn obverse die. Near EF. Unpublished variety. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 562 | Auction date: 15 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 215 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Drachm (40.5mm, 67.44 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5C, circa 222-220/19 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia with basileion / Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΛI between legs. CPE B493; Svoronos 1126; SNG Copenhagen 199–200. Brown surfaces, some roughness, light scrapes on obverse. Good Fine. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
