Bronze hemidrachm, 34 mm, 35.28 gm. Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon right. Reverse: PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS Eagle standing on winged thunderbolt, wings spread. S Monogram between legs.
Alexandria mint. Struck ca. 221-205 BC.
Ptolemy IV Philopator was the son of Ptolemy III and Berenke II. He was not a particularly capable ruler and left the administration of the kingdom to his minister Sosibios.