Paphos Mint, Cyprus Head of Bearded Hercules right/Eagle standing left, on thunderbolt A Generous gift from @Ryro
Very nice gift, heck I’ve only been on here for a few months and everyone’s gifting stuff to me, can’t say this isn’t a generous community
That's cool! I still need to add one of those majestic looking eagles to my collection. Way to go @Ryro! Very cool of you!
Glad you like the coin! He was a very interesting Pharoa. Ptolemy VI Philometor, name means "mother lover" or as we'd say, "momma's boy", became Pharoa at a very young age and had regents, and momma, telling him what to do for years before he finally took the reigns. Despite this, he was one of the few Ptolemies, after 1 & 2, to go for greatness. He was able to instigate revolts in Seleucid territory and then exploit his advantage with a complete and decisive victory over the Seleucids in Syria. Sadly he died three days later as a result of wounds inflicted during the battle. And the realm went to his brother, Ptolemy viii, Physcon (which embarrassingly means pot belly or fatty, due to his massive size). Whom did no good for Egypt. Here is my pic of your new coinand then another one of his,
I just posted this coin the other day, but what the heck..... PTOLEMY VI AE20 OBVERSE: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right REVERSE: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae before Struck at CYPRUS 180-176 BC 6.11g, 20mm Svoronos 1426, SNG Cop 315
