Details
LOT 3401
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE 28mm. Circa 204-180 BC. Alexandria mint.
Head of Isis to right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1234; SNG Copenhagen 247. Very Fine.(15.73gr, 28mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 59, 26 July 2020, lot 205 (since professionally cleaned).
Property of a London antiquarian.
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LOT 3401
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE 28mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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