Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (26mm, 27.78 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy V, circa 204/3 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wing standing right on thunderbolt; monogram to right. Svoronos 1139; van Driessche dies D1/R1; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC p. 65, 33 = GPCG pl. 34, 26 = Kraay & Hirmer 806 (same dies); Hunterian 12; de Luynes 3578. EF, slight roughness, light graffito in field on obverse, a couple tiny field marks on reverse. Very rare, only eight examples noted by van Driessche.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 705003 (February 1998); Vecchi 8 (4 December 1997), lot 155.