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Ancient Coinage of Egypt, Ptolemy IV

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SNGCop 199Ptolemy IV. 221-205 BC. AE 42mm. Head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on a thunderbolt. TextObvRev
SNGCop 221Ptolemy IV, Philopater, AE40. 221 - 205 BC. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon right. / PTOLEMIAOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, looking back at cornucopia under right wing. TextImage
SNGMilano_216G28 Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy IV,221-205 BC, AE 39 (74.71g). Obv: 50 Head of Zeus-Ammon right. Rev: Eagle stg. left clutching thunderbolt, cornucopia to left. SNG Milano 216. A nice TextObvRev
SNGMilano_268Ptolemy IV AE38. Head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left, cornucopia in field to left. TextObvRev
Svoronos 853Ptolemy IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm, “Era” coinage, uncertain mint, ca 215 BC. Diademed head of deified Ptolemy Soter right, with aegis at neck / PTOLEMAIOU SWTHROS, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt. SNG Cop 539. TextObvRev
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Kyrenaika, Kyrene. Under the Ptolemies, c221-140 BC. Æ 15mm. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, female (Libya?) head left, cornucopiae below chin. SNG Cop 449. TextObvRev
Svoronos 974Ptolemy IV Æ 36mm. Head of Zeus-Ammon right / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae behind, monogram between legs. SNGCop 227. TextImage
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Svoronos 974vPtolemy IV Philopator AE 38. Alexandria mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt; cornucopiae over shoulder, E between legs. SNG Cop 227. TextImage
Svoronos 987Egypt, Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 221-205 BC. Æ 38mm . Diademed head of Zeus Ammon right / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, looking right; cornucpiae at shoulder, E below. SNG Cop 224. TextImage
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Svoronos 992Ptolemy IV Æ41 (drachm), Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left, on thunderbolt, small cornucopia before, SE between legs. SNG Cop 205. TextObvRev
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Svoronos 993PTOLEMY IV. 221-204 BC. AE32. Head of Zeus-Ammon right / PTOLEMIAOU BASILEWS, eagle standing, l., on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. SNGCop 212. TextImage
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Svoronos 1124PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. Ptolemy IV Philopator (222-205 BC). Silver tetradrachm (13.83 gm). Alexandria. Jugate busts right of Sarapis, draped & laureate with basileion, & Isis, draped & in stephane topped by disc & horns / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt, head reverted, filleted double cornucopiae under far wing, DI between legs. Svoronos 1124, pl. G, 19. SNG Copenhagen 197-198. Some porosity on obverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine TextObvRev
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Svoronos 1125Ptolemy IV Æ 43mm. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae left, DI between legs. SNG Copenhagen 199. TextImage
Svoronos 1148Ptolemy IV Æ 40mm. Head of Zeus Ammon right / BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, looking back, wings open; SE between legs. TextImage
Svoronos 1166Ptolemy IV Philopator Æ 38mm-Pentobol. Alexandria mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt; cornucopiae over shoulder, L between legs. TextImage
ae30Ptolemy IV, 221-205 BC, Æ30 diobol. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / PTOLEMIAOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left, cornucopia on shoulder, SE monogram between legs. TextObvRev
ae35Ptolemy IV, 221-205 BC, Æ35. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / PTOLEMIAOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left, on thunderbolt, one wing open, head turned, R monogram between legs. TextObvRev
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Sear #7834Ptolemy IV AR Tetradrachm. Jugate busts of Serapis & Isis right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head reverted; cornucopiae tied with fillet over shoulder, ÆI between legs. SNG Cop 197, Svoronos 1124. TextImage
Sear #7837Ptolemy IV AR Tetradrachm. Tyre mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy right / PTOLEMAIOU SWTHROS, eagle standing left on thungerbolt. TYP monogram above club left, WS right. Svoronos 1180. TextImage
Sear #7841Ptolemy IV Æ41 (drachm). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing right on thunderbolt, cornucopia before, DI between legs. Svoronos 1125, SNG Cop 199, BMC 108.
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Sear #7843Ptolemy IV AE33. 221-205 BC. Zeus / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae to left. SNG Cop 222, Svornonos 1167. TextImage
Sear #7850Ptolemy IV AE14. Head of Arsinoe III in stephane / PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, double cornucopiea bound with fillet. Svoronos 1160.
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See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Ptolemy IV Philopator
Search for Egypt, Ptolemy IV at CoinArchives.com
Entry for Egypt, Ptolemy IV on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Ptolemy IV in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
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