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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |North Africa| > |Kyrenaica| > GP66503
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, 150 - 116 B.C.
|Kyrenaica|, |Ptolemaic| |Kingdom| |of| |Egypt,| |Ptolemy| |VIII| |Euergetes,| |150| |-| |116| |B.C.|, Alexander the Great received tribute from the cities of Kyrenaica after he took Egypt. Kyrenaica was annexed by Ptolemy I Soter. It briefly gained independence under Magas of Cyrene, stepson of Ptolemy I, but was reabsorbed into the Ptolemaic empire after his death. It was separated from the main kingdom by Ptolemy VIII and given to his son Ptolemy Apion, who, dying without heirs in 96 B.C., bequeathed it to the Roman Republic.
GP66503. Bronze AE 12, Svoronos 1655, Noeske 291, SNG Cop 658, SNG Milan 402, Malter 247, Weiser -, aVF, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, weight 1.814g, maximum diameter 12.4mm, die axis 45o, 150 - 116 B.C.; obverse diademed and horned head of Zeus Ammon right; reverse EYEPΓETOY ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, wings open, grasping fulmen (thunderbolt) in talons; SOLD



  






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