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Auction 123  23-24 May 2023
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Lot 256

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 6000 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.01 g, 12h). Sidon mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Jugate draped busts right of Serapis, wearing laurel wreath with small atef crown above his forehead, and Isis, wearing grain ear wreath with miniature horned disc above her forehead / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted double cornucopia over shoulder, no control marks. CPE 934; Svoronos –; Landvatter Group 4, 86 (O26/R75); SNG Copenhagen –. Lightly toned, some faint cleaning marks. Near EF. Very rare Sidon issue without control marks, only eight noted by Landvatter, one additional in CoinArchives (Nomos 20, lot 287 [hammer 11,000 CHF]).
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