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Description: | A copper-alloy AE29 coin of the Ancient Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. The obverse of the coin bears the diademed bust of Zeus Ammon and the reverse depicts two eagles stood on a thunderbolt. The reverse inscription is worn but would have originally read ?????????? ????????, which translates as Ptolemy, King. The coin is quite worn and any original obverse legend is missing. Such coins were struck during the reigns of Ptolemy II, Philadelphos and Ptolemy VI, Philometer (and perhaps others) and it is thus difficult to determine a precise ruler for this coin. Thus the broad date range of the Ptolemaic period, from 305-30 BC is given. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -305
-30 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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