| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 905 Price realized: 850 GBP (Approx. 1,077 USD / 991 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint 39, dated year 3 of an 'abortive era', possibly 216/5 or 215/4 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠTOΛEMAIOY ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; Γ (date) between eagle's legs. CPE 943; Hosking 9; Svoronos -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Noeske -. 13.50g, 25mm, 11h. Very Fine; area of corrosion on obv., cleaning marks. Extremely Rare. From the Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection, collector's ticket included; Acquired from Morton & Eden. Lorber has noted that this issue, with a control letter between the legs of the eagle, was replaced by an issue with no controls (see CPE 944 & 946). It has also been argued by Lorber that the control is unlikely to represent an administrative mark or regnal year but rather an era date. Only the victory at Raphia against the Seleukid forces of Antiochos III in 217 BC seems plausible for the declaration of a new era date during the reign of Ptolemy IV. The erasure of the era date from subsequent issues suggests the era was cancelled during or immediately after its third year and is described by Lorber as an 'abortive era' (see CPE, p. 447). Estimate: 150 GBP |  |
