Description
PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 204–180 BC. Æ 31 (31 mm, 27.50 g). Alexandria mint, Series 6C. Obv. Diademed and horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing taenia with basileion. Rev. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left; no monograms. Svoronos 1424A (attributed there to the joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 305–307 (same older attribution); Faucher & Lorber Series 6C.