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GREEK COINS
EGYPT

Ptolemy IV Philopator, 225-205 BC. Octodrachm (Gold, 25mm, 27.82 g 12), with a portrait of his father, Ptolemy III Euergetes (reigned 246-222), Alexandria. Radiate and diademed bust of the deified Ptolemy III to right, wearing aegis and with trident over his left shoulder. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Radiate cornucopiae bound with royal diadem; below, ΔΙ. BMC 103. Kraay/Hirmer 803. SNG Copenhagen 196. Svoronos 1117. Attractive and well-centered. Minor marks and possible traces of having been acid washed, otherwise, extremely fine.

Ptolemy IV was a relatively unpleasant character who was infamous for the murder of his mother Berenike II. The portrait on this coin is of his far more popular father, Ptolemy III.