PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 14.21 g, 12h). Kition mint. Dated RY 7 (175/4 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LZ (date) to left, KI to right. Svoronos 1355; Olivier 1097–1115 (D209/R638); SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 42 (same dies as illustration). Deeply toned. Near EF.
From the El Medina Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 38 (6 June 1996), lot 576.