PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 205-180 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 14.10 g, 11 h), uncertain mint, probably in Cyprus, after 198. Diademed bust of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis. Rev. ΠTOΛEMAIOΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in the field to left, monogram of ΗΡ over a monogram of ΧΕΠΟ above NO. Apparently unpublished. At present unique. With a powerful and impressive portrait of Ptolemy I. Minor roughess, otherwise, extremely fine.

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