Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AE 23mm (11.34g). Alexandreia mint. Svoronos 1494

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Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AE 23mm (11.34g). Alexandreia mint. Obv.: bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev.:  ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟV ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1494 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); Faucher & Lorber Series 6C; SNG Copenhagen 339-343 (Ptolemy VIII). VF.