| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149 | Auction date: 2 December 2024 |
| Lot number: 490 Price realized: 3,000 CHF (Approx. 3,379 USD / 3,228 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 205 – 180 Tetradrachm, Ake-Ptolemaïs 198-197 (year 7), AR 25 mm, 13.00 g. Diademed and draped bust of Ptolemy V r. Dotted border. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ΠTOΛEMAIOY Eagle, closed wings, standing l. on thunderbolt; in l. field, monogram and in r. field, LZ. Apparently unpublished. Surface somewhat corroded, otherwise fine Ptolemy V began his life precariously, being proclaimed king of a troubled empire at the tender age of five. Following the murder of his mother, Arsinoe III, by two of his father's advisers, he was raised by one ambitious advisor after another. Antiochus III of Syria and Philip V of Macedon decided to take advantage of Ptolemy's weak position, creating a pact to share his overseas possessions between them. Philip seized several islands and places in Caria and Thrace, while Antiochus swept down through Coele-Syria in 202-195 BC in what is known as the Fifth Syrian War. The Battle of Panium in 198 BC, the year this coin was struck, in which the Seleucid King of Syria Antiochus III took over the area, marked the end of Ptolemaic rule in Judaea. Estimate: 2000 CHF |  |
