CNG - Egypt. Ptolemy V. Tetradrachm. F/gVF
$163.62 Sep-27-00
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     Egypt, Ptolemaic Kings. Ptolemy V. 205-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm
     (13.77 gm). Struck circa 202-200 BC. Uncertain mint in Phoenicia?
     Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on
     thunderbolt. O. Mørkholm, "The Portrait Coinage of Ptolemy V: The
     Main Series," Essays Thompson p. 209, V (A2/P12);
     Svoronos1263VFine/Good VF, obverse smoothing. 722197

     According to Mørkholm, this issue was likely struck in Phoenicia,
     although the mint has yet to be identified, near the end of the
     Fifth Syrian War.