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Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy V Epiphanes (205-180 BC). AR Tetradrachm, struck ca. 202-200 BC. Military mint in Phoenicia. 14.20 gms. Diademed and draped bust of his father Ptolemy IV right, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ПTOΛEMAIoY, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, NI between legs. Svoronos 1270 (same reverse dies), Mørkholm , Portrait, Group XII (A14/P31), BMC 74 (same dies). Amid the succession of increasingly stereotyped depictions of dynastic founder Ptolemy I, the portrait issues of the child-king Ptolemy V are quite distinct within the Egyptian series. Mørkholm argues cogently that most, if not all, of these types were struck at Phoenician mints – most of the hoards have been found in the region, while many of the types have been die-linked with mint issues of Sidon. The die-linkages point to a limited period of issue, for a few years after 202 BC, the time in which Ptolemy V was fighting a losing war to save his Phoenician territories from the armies of the Seleukid Antiochos III, the Great. Very minor area of flat strike on obverse. Good Very Fine.

Estimate: - $1,200.00