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Lot 324

Starting price: 5000 CHF
Price realized: 6500 CHF
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator, 222-204 BC. Mnaeion or Octodrachm (Gold, 26 mm, 27.83 g, 11 h), with a portrait of his father, Ptolemy III Euergetes (reigned 246-222), Alexandria, c. 219-217. Radiate and diademed bust of the deified Ptolemy III to right, wearing aegis and with trident over his left shoulder. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Radiate cornucopia bound with royal diadem; below, ΔΙ. BMC 103. Kraay & Hirmer 803. Lorber 888. Olivier & Lorber 243 (A5/R8 this coin) SNG Copenhagen 196. Svoronos 1117, pl xxxvi 6-7. A lustrous, attractive coin. Scratches near the eye, otherwise, extremely fine.

Ex Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, 8 January 2013, 308.
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