Watch List notes:

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor, first reign, 180-164 BC. AE (Bronze, 26 mm, 14.76 g, 11 h), uncertain mint on Cyprus. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, lotus flower; between the eagle's legs, EYΛ; to upper right, countermark: Seleukid anchor within incuse square. Lorber, Lotus, Series VI.3. SNG Copenhagen 294. Svoronos 1398. A sharp and attractive piece with a beautiful dark patina. Scrapes on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.