PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator, 225-205 BC. Oktadrachm or Mnaieion (Gold, 27 mm, 27.81 g, 12 h), Alexandria, circa 219-217 BC. Radiate and diademed bust of the deified Ptolemy III to right, wearing aegis and with trident over his left shoulder. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Radiate cornucopia bound with royal diadem; below, ΔΙ. BMC 103. CPE 888. Olivier & Lorber 189-202 (AV4/R18). SNG Copenhagen 196. Svoronos 1117. NGC XF 

From the Walter Uhrmeister collection, ex Berk BBS 17 October 2013, 8.

Ptolemy IV was a relatively unpleasant character who was infamous for the murder of his mother Berenike II. The portrait on this coin is of his far more popular father, Ptolemy III. These coins were actually struck in enormous numbers - Egypt was famous throughout antiquity for its great wealth in gold (it had far smaller silver sources, especially in Pharaonic times) - but the vast majority of them were melted down and reused in ancient times.

sku-WNRLL