Ptolemy IV Philopator 221-205BC

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 circa 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.