Lot 4254

Description

Egypt, Kingdom of, Ptolemy IV, (221-205 B.C.), AE 38, Alexandria mint, issued 221-205 B.C., (40.96 g), obv. diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, dotted border, rev. eagle to left with closed wings, head to right, standing on thunderbolt holding cornucopiae on shoulder, around **BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU*, between legs E, (S.7815, Sv.974, SNG Cop.224-6, Pitchfork 44-48). Very fine or better, brown patina.

Ex Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) Collection [as the Demarete Collection], she was the former executive director and curator of the Smithsonian Institution's National Numismatic Collection in Washington USA.