PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes.obol . 204-180 BC. Æ (4.29 g). Alexandreia mint. Series 6. Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Eagle with closed wings standing right . Svoronos 1494 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); Weiser 126 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 339-343 (Ptolemy VIII); Noeske, attractive green surfaces. . This group of coins is mostly comprised of diverse varieties of bronze issues from the beginning to the end of the Ptolemaic kingdom. The classification of many Ptolemaic bronze issues has been highly debated among numismatists, often with researchers publishing highly divergent attributions to various kings, and also in the naming of the denominations used.VF