Nomos AG
Auction 20 10 Jul 2020
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Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 205-180 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 13.99 g, 12 h), Soli in Cilicia. Jugate busts to right of Serapis, laureate, bearded and draped, and Isis, crowned, diademed and draped. Rev. ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ Eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to left, his head turned back to right, with cornucopia at his shoulder; in field to left, owl facing to left above ME; in field to right, AP. Landvatter 94-96 var (O32/R-). Svoronos 1136 var. Very rare, apparently unpublished. Very attractive, well-struck and sharp. Some minor marks and light traces of double-striking on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.
What is particularly interesting about this coin, aside from its new reverse, designed for the mint of Soli, is the fact that the state of the obverse die (Landvatter O32) is much fresher than when it was used to strike L 94-96, thus placing the present coin as the first in the series.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 205-180 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 13.99 g, 12 h), Soli in Cilicia. Jugate busts to right of Serapis, laureate, bearded and draped, and Isis, crowned, diademed and draped. Rev. ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ Eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to left, his head turned back to right, with cornucopia at his shoulder; in field to left, owl facing to left above ME; in field to right, AP. Landvatter 94-96 var (O32/R-). Svoronos 1136 var. Very rare, apparently unpublished. Very attractive, well-struck and sharp. Some minor marks and light traces of double-striking on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.
What is particularly interesting about this coin, aside from its new reverse, designed for the mint of Soli, is the fact that the state of the obverse die (Landvatter O32) is much fresher than when it was used to strike L 94-96, thus placing the present coin as the first in the series.