Fine Coins Showcase
Antiquities Showcase
Show Empty Categories
Shop Search
Shopping Cart
My FORVM
Contact Us
About Forum
Shopping at Forum
Our Guarantee
Payment Options
Shipping Options & Fees
Privacy & Security
Forum Staff
Selling Your Coins
Identifying Your Coin
FAQs
zoom.asp
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180 - 145 B.C., Cleopatra I Thea as Regent
The references given attribute this rare type to Ptolemy V. In Faucher, T. & C. Lorber, "Bronze Coinage of Ptolemaic Egypt in the Second Century BC" in AJN 22 (2010), pp. 35-84, this type is missing (overlooked?) from the identified series. Of this type they only note, "The Tebtunis hoard of 1900 (IGCH 1705) contained 104 specimens of Sv. 1426/27 together with two of Sv. 1237 and one issue of Cyrene (Sv. 1158), but not a single coin from Series 7." and "We can cite no other instances in which Sv. 1237 is associated with Sv. 1426/27." Dan Wolf suggests Ptolemy VI is most probable based on existing evidence.GP87400. Bronze tetrobol, Svoronos 1237 (7 spec.); SNG Cop 253; SNG Milan 296, Malter 186, Hosking -, BMC Ptolemies -, Weiser -, Noeske -, F/aF, burgundy patina, earthen deposits, bumps, scratches, central cavities, Alexandria mint, weight 4.944g, maximum diameter 21.0mm, die axis 0o, 180 - 176 B.C.; obverse head of (Cleopatra I as) Isis right, wearing barley wreath, hair in long spiral curls down her neck; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (King Ptolemy), eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, head left, no control mark; very rare; SOLD
Page created in 0.703 seconds.
