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E-Sale 67  6 Feb 2020
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Lot 494

Estimate: 500 GBP
Price realized: 300 GBP
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria, circa 217-215/0 BC. Jugate draped busts right of Serapis and Isis / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right; filleted double cornucopiae over shoulder, ΔI between legs. Svoronos 1124; SNG Copenhagen 197-8; Noeske 139; Boston MFA 2284; SNG Berry 1488; Dewing 2760. 13.03g, 27mm, 12h.

Very Fine; minor flan crack at 1h.

From the inventory of a UK dealer.

This type is thought to have been issued in celebration of the Ptolemaic victory over the Seleukids at the battle of Raphia during the Fourth Syrian War.
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