GP91904. Bronze diobol, Svoronos 1698 (Cypriot mint imitative of Alexandria's Svoronos 1426), F, dark patina, remnants of pre-strike casting sprues, struck imitations of central cavities, porous, Cypriot mint, weight 6.856g, maximum diameter 21.1mm, die axis 0
o, c. 116 - 80 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Zeus Ammon right, struck central "dimple"; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (King Ptolemy, blundered), two eagles standing left on thunderbolts, side by side, heads left, wings closed, cornucopia left, struck central "dimple";
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