Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, King Ptolemy II, AE Unit - 264 to 263 BCE - Ancient Egypt

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
• Authority: King Ptolemy II
• Date: 264 - 263 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit, name unknown
• Mint: Sicily
• Size: 26mm, 17.92g
• Type Number: Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire Vol. I, Part II, no. B289
• Obverse: - Laureate Head of Zeus right, of idealizing Alexandrian style, dotted border
• Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ on l. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r. - Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt, solid reverse border
• Notes: Zeus was the Greek god of the sky and thunder, equivalent to the Roman god Jupiter. He was also the king of gods in both Roman and Greek mythology.

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