Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Musuem
Information
Coin of Ptolemy III Euergetes (Benefactor); Born c.280 BC, died November/December 222 BC; Became king of Egypt in 246 BC
Mint: Alexandria
Obverse: horned Ammon head right, wearing taenia, and a dotted border;
Reverse:eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopia on left, monogram between his legs and a dotted border can be seen
There is no obverse Inscription, however the reverse inscription reads: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜ]ΑΙΟΥ [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ]
Specifications
- Accession number
- LIV.2012.1.1835
- Collection type
- Currency/exchange
- Culture
- Ptolemaic
- Date made
- 246 BC - 221 BC
- Materials
- Copper Alloy
- Measurements
- Overall: 23.3 mm x 23.9 mm x 3.79 mm
- Note
- Credit line
- Source currently unrecorded
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Location
- Item not currently on display
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