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Auction 5 27 Oct 2019
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon), as King in Kyrene, 163-145 BC. Drachm (Bronze, 46 mm, 70.68 g, 12 h), Kyrene. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ [ΠTOΛEMA]IOY EYEPΓETOY Filleted cornucopiae; in field to right, Φ. Asolati 83 = Buttrey, Cyrene, p. 50, 75. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos -. Weiser -. Extremely rare and of great interest. Very fine.
This coin differs from the normal output of the mint in Kyrene under Ptolemy VIII in that it shows a single instead of a double cornucopiae, and that it has the Φ control in the right field rather than in the left. It is an extremely rare issue, known to C. Lorber in now just three examples.
This coin differs from the normal output of the mint in Kyrene under Ptolemy VIII in that it shows a single instead of a double cornucopiae, and that it has the Φ control in the right field rather than in the left. It is an extremely rare issue, known to C. Lorber in now just three examples.