Ptolemaic Egypt, King Ptolemy II, AE Unit, Zeus & Eagle - 285 to 246 BCE - Ancient Egypt

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
• Authority: Ptolemy II Philadelphos
• Date: 285 - 246 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) obol
• Mint: Tyre
• Size: 25mm
• Type Number: Svoronos 836
• Obverse: Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia
• Reverse: Eagle with open wings, standing left on thunderbolt; to left, diademned double cornucopia above club
• Notes: The Ptolemaic Kingdom was founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great’s generals, after Alexander's death in 323 BCE. As a significant Hellenistic kingdom based in Alexandria, it became a center of culture and learning, famously housing the Great Library, and melded Egyptian traditions with Greek practices and language.

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