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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II (wife of Ptolemy III) Æ Dichalkon(?). Heraklea by the sea or Seleukeia in Pieria, after circa 261 BC. BAΣ[IΛIΣΣHΣ] BEPENIKHΣ, diademed and draped bust to right / [ΠTOΛEMAIOY] BAΣ[IΛEΩΣ], eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; EY to left; c/m: two grain kernels in circle. CPE B462A; Svoronos 1056; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -. 3.66g, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare example, overstruck on a Seleukid host of Apollo on omphalos type.
CPE cites one other example (from the same collection as this current piece) which is overstruck on a Seleukid type. From that specimen Lorber was able to suggest a potential dating of after 261 BC for the Berenike coinage based on the condition of the undertype which had clearly circulated for a time before being overstruck.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare example, overstruck on a Seleukid host of Apollo on omphalos type.
CPE cites one other example (from the same collection as this current piece) which is overstruck on a Seleukid type. From that specimen Lorber was able to suggest a potential dating of after 261 BC for the Berenike coinage based on the condition of the undertype which had clearly circulated for a time before being overstruck.