Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6398941
Area
Coins
Title
Egypt - United Lagide - Ptolemy VI Philometor Dichalque AE - 170-164 BC
Face value
Year
Variety / overstrike
Type
Designer
Series
Material
Weight
23.35
Diameter
30
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
Tête laurée de Zeus-Ammon à droite, cornue .
Reverse
Deux aigles debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes déployées ; dans le champ à gauche, une corne d'abondance ; entre les serres, un monogramme . PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS .
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Details

Centering hole on both sides. Many lagid bronzes have small centering holes, visible on the reverse, but sometimes also to the law. For some authors, the two eagles on the back could represent Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII and this piece would have then minted between 170 and 164 BC.

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