Ptolemy IV Philopator 221-205BC
Bronze hemidrachm, 34 mm, 35.28 gm. Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon right. Reverse: PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS Eagle standing on winged thunderbolt, wings spread. S Monogram between legs. Alexandria mint. Struck circa 221-205 BC. Ptolemy IV Philopator was the son of Ptolemy III and Berenke II. He was not a particularly capable ruler and left the administration of the kingdom to his minister Sosibios. Svornos 993.
Inv#: 4211
$175
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