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15 December 2019
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Starting Price: 5000 CHF
Hammer Price:  6000 CHF
Lot 325

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator, 222-204 BC. Mnaeion or Octodrachm (Gold, 26 mm, 27.78 g, 12 h), with a portrait of his father, Ptolemy III Euergetes (reigned 246-222), Alexandria, c. 219-217. Radiate and diademed bust of the deified Ptolemy III to right, wearing aegis and with trident over his left shoulder. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Radiate cornucopia bound with royal diadem; below, ΔΙ. BMC 103. Kraay & Hirmer 803. Lorber 888. Olivier & Lorber 53 (A3/R7this coin). SNG Copenhagen 196. Svoronos 1117, pl xxxvi 6-7. A lustrous, attractive coin, with a bold and attractive portrait. Good very fine.

Ex Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, 8 January 2013, 310.

Online bidding closes: 15 Dec 2019, 18:42:30 CET Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 07:19:14 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:6000 CHF by Eraumavez (3 bids)
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