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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Ptolemaic Egypt| > GP86872
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IX, c. 116 - 80 B.C., Ancient Counterfeit or Imitative
|Ptolemaic| |Egypt|, |Ptolemaic| |Kingdom| |of| |Egypt,| |Ptolemy| |IX,| |c.| |116| |-| |80| |B.C.,| |Ancient| |Counterfeit| |or| |Imitative|, This is an unusual counterfeit or imitative with a Cypriot style portrait of Zeus Ammon. The central "dimples" are skeuomorphs, actually cut into the dies to imitate the central "dimple" on official coins. On the official coins the center "dimple" resulted from a production process and was not a feature of the dies.
GP86872. Bronze AE 22, cf. Svoronos 1698 (official Ptolemaic mint issue), EF, style quite similar to official issues, remnant of pre-strike casting sprues, slightly rough, unofficial mint, weight 5.167g, maximum diameter 21.9mm, die axis 0o, c. 116 - 80 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Zeus Ammon right; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (blundered), two eagles standing left, side by side, on thunderbolts, cornucopia left; SOLD



  






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