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Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 589. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V 
Epiphanes. 205-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.17 gm, 
12h). Struck circa 202-200 BC. Military mint in 
Phoenicia. Estimate $3000 Sold For $3000 

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 
205-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.17 gm, 12h). Struck 
circa 202-200 BC. Military mint in Phoenicia. 
Diademed bust of Ptolemy IV right / BASILEWS 
[PT]OLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; 
Q to left, NI between legs. Svoronos -; Mørkholm, 
Portrait, Group IX, - (A13/R-; obverse die 
unlisted with this issue); BMC Ptolemies -; SNG 
Copenhagen -; Classical Numsimatic Group 38 (6-7 
June 1996), lot 568 (same dies). Near EF, lightly 
toned, obverse a little off-center. Very rare. 
($3000)

Ex Robert Schonwalter Collection (Triton V, 15-16 
January 2002), lot 1541.
The portraits of Ptolemy's parents 
appear later in Mørkholm's sequence, beginning 
with issue XI. This pairing of die A13 (Ptolemy 
IV) with issue IX slightly adjusts his internal 
grouping of this series.

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