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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 204 - 180 B.C.
Svoronos attributed this type to Ptolemais due to the monogram, but symbols between the eagle's legs are usually control marks, not mint marks, and the club in the left field is typical of Tyre. We believe this rare type was the last struck under Ptolemy V at Tyre, before the Seleucids under Antiochus III invaded Phoenicia and took the city in 198 B.C.GP94517. Bronze hemidrachm, Svoronos 1058 (2 spec., Ptolemy III, Ptolemais mint), Malter 144 (same), Weiser -, Noeske -, SNG Cop -, SNG Milan -, aVF, attractive depiction of Zeus, well centered, some flatness of strike, light marks, small edge cracks, beveled obverse edge, central depressions, Phoenicia, Tyre (Lebanon) mint, weight 35.503g, maximum diameter 36.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 204 - 198 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (King Ptolemy), eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head left, wings closed, filleted cornucopia on shoulder, club left, ΠTo monogram between legs; from The Ray Nouri Collection, Coin Archives records only two sales of this type in the past two decades, all known specimens apparently share the same obverse die; very rare; SOLD
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