Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4335 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 29TH JULY) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $300
EGYPT, Ptolemaic Kings of, Ptolemy IV Philopator, (222-205/4 B.C.), AE drachm, 44mm, (74.94 g), Alexandreia mint, Series 5E, c.219-205/4 B.C., obv. horned head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia, dotted border, rev. eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopia bound with royal diadem on left, **S*E between legs, around **PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS*, dotted border, (cf.S.7814. CPE B502, Svoronos 992, SNG Cop. 205-206, BMC 69-71). Very fine and scarce.
Ex Spink Australia, private purchase, March 4, 1977.
The type is one of the heaviest ancient Greek bronze coins struck for normal use.
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