PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 205-180 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 14.06 g, 12 h), Tyre, circa 202-200 BC. Diademed and draped bust of Ptolemy V to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; in field to left, club surmounted by city monogram; in field to right, NI; between eagle's legs, ΔΙ. Mørkholm, Portrait, pl. 23, 12. SNG Copenhagen 505. Svoronos 1297. Beautifully toned and with a very attractive portrait. Small scuff on the obverse and with a tiny test punch on the eagle, otherwise, about extremely fine.



This piece belongs to a special series of Ptolemaic coins that, unusually, do not depict the founding father of the dynasty, Ptolemy I, but rather the currently reigning child king, Ptolemy V.