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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, temp. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) Æ 12mm. Uncertain mint, possibly in Cyprus, 145-116 BC. Head of female (Aphrodite or Arsinoe III?) to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, double cornucopiae tied with fillets. Svoronos 1160 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen 648. 1.12g, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Forvm Ancient Coins (attributed to Cleopatra VII).
Catharine Lorber has suggested that the usual attribution to Ptolemy IV is too early due to numerous examples of this type found in the excavations at Nea Paphos which indicates that the issue was later, possibly 2nd-1st century BC.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Forvm Ancient Coins (attributed to Cleopatra VII).
Catharine Lorber has suggested that the usual attribution to Ptolemy IV is too early due to numerous examples of this type found in the excavations at Nea Paphos which indicates that the issue was later, possibly 2nd-1st century BC.