Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon), second reign, 145-116 BC. Drachm (Bronze, 47 mm, 82.67 g, 1 h), Kyrene. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY EYEPΓETOY Filleted double cornucopiae; in left field, Φ. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos 1640. Weiser -. Very rare and in exceptional condition for this usually crude issue. Well struck and unusually complete. Light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Kyrenaica Collection.