Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5021043
Area
Coins
Title
Ptolemies in Egypt, AE 27 Hemidrachme, 205-180 BCE, Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Face value
Year
-205
Variety / overstrike
Type
Designer
Material
Weight
15.00
Diameter
27.41
Thickness
Shape
Obverse
Hoofd van Isis rechts, met krans van graanaren
Reverse
PTOLEMAIOY – BASILEWS, Adelaar st.n.l., kop r., met gesloten vleugels, op bliksem
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Svoronos 1234
Details

The name of Ptolemy V Epiphanes appears on the Rosetta stone. He married Cleopatra I, daughter of the Seleucid king Antiochos III, and was the vander of Ptolemy VI, VII and Cleopatra II. Ptolemy V lost Judea, Philistia and Phenicia to Antiochos III during the battle of Panium in 198 BC. (Dan.11: 13-16)

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