Lot description:
PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator, 225-205 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 14.24 g, 12 h), Alexandria, c. 219-217. The jugate busts of Serapis, laureate, bearded and draped, and Isis, crowned, diademed and draped, to right; border of dots. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΙΟΥ Eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on a thunderbolt, his head turned back to right and with a cornucopia over his left shoulder; between the eagle's legs, ΔΙ. CPE 892. Landvatter 14a (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 198. Svoronos 1124. Beautifully toned and very attractive. Extremely fine.
Property of a Late Collector, ex Tkalec & Rauch, 15 April 1986, 127.
Estimate: 4500 CHF |  |