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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. Æ Obol (25mm, 12.57 g, 12h). Cyprus mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; lotus flower in left field, EYΛ between legs; countermark: Seleukid anchor. Svoronos 1398 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); Lorber, Lotus Series VI.3; Weiser 152 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); SNG Copenhagen 294; Noeske –. Near VF, brown patina, porous surfaces.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 098.
For an in-depth discussion of this series, see Cathy Lorber's article "The Lotus of Aphrodite on Ptolemaic Bronzes" in SNR 80 (2001), pp. 46-48, plate 5.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 098.
For an in-depth discussion of this series, see Cathy Lorber's article "The Lotus of Aphrodite on Ptolemaic Bronzes" in SNR 80 (2001), pp. 46-48, plate 5.