126, Lot: 101. Estimate $100. Sold for $73. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. 180-145 BC. Æ 25mm (15.69 g). Salamis mint. Struck during the regency of Eulaeos, 176-170 BC, countermarked during Antiochos IV's invasion of Egypt, 170-168 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle standing left on winged thunderbolt; lotus to left,
EUL between legs; c/m: Seleukid anchor. Svoronos 1398; Weiser 152 (without c/s); SNG Copenhagen 294. Near VF, dark grayish-green patina with some orangish earthen highlights.