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GREEK, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon), c. 170 - 164 B.C.
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Bronze triobol, Svoronos 1424 (type I, heavier var)
SNG Cop 306 ff., Noeske 212 ff., Hosking 75, Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V, 180 - 176 B.C.), SGCV II 7900, gF
Alexandria mint, weight 31.520g, maximum diameter 32.1mm, die axis 0o, c. 170 - 164 B.C.
Obverse diademed head of Zeus Ammon
Reverse ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles standing left, side-by-side, on thunderbolt, double cornucopia left;
big, heavy 32 mm bronze (Ex FORVM)
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