Ptolemy IV Philopator, Egypt. 225-205 BC. AV Oktadrachm (27.76 gr.). Alexandreia (?) mint. Struck under Ptolemy V, 204-203 BC.

Obv: Diademed, draped bust right
Rev: PTOLEMAIOU FILOPATOROS, eagle standing right on thunderbolt. 
B in right field.

Svoronos 1139 var (field mark); EHC 321 var; BMC 33-34 var.

Powerful portrait in high relief, one of the most impressive Hellenistic coin types, unpublished with this control mark.

Estimate: $100,000.

Courtesy of CNG Triton XIII Auction 2009, lot 239.
Added April 2010.