PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.09 g, 1h). Uncertain mint 46, probably on the Levantine Coast. Struck circa 199/8 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, wings closed, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. CPE 1109; Svoronos 1258; Carlen & Lorber p. 169; Mørkholm, Coins 15–19 (A2/P5); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 1301 var. (also wearing aegis); BMC 55 var. (same); Boston MFA 2287; Noeske –. Toned, trace deposits. Near EF.
From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Sternberg XIX (18 November 1987), lot 250.