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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2114376, member: 44132&quot;]I purchased this a couple of weeks ago for what I consider chump change.&nbsp; It&#039;s a pretty little coin with a thick brown patina (almost chocolate color), but the color does not seem to want to be photographed well.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]399894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]399895[/ATTACH] </p><p>PTOLEMY VI</p><p>AE20</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Head of Zeus Ammon to right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Two eagles standing to left with closed wings; insc.: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ), cornucopia in right field. </p><p>Struck at CYPRUS 180-176 BC</p><p>6.11g, 20mm </p><p>Svoronos 1426, SNG Cop 315</p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p>Ptolemy VI Philometor (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Φιλομήτωρ, Ptolemaĩos Philomḗtōr, ca. 186–145 BC) was a king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic period. He reigned from 180 to 145 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy succeeded in 180 BC at the age of about 6 and ruled jointly with his mother, Cleopatra I, until her death in 176 BC, which is what &#039;Philometor&#039;, his epithet, implies; &quot;he who loves his mother&quot;, φίλος (beloved,friend) + μήτηρ (mother). The following year he married his sister, Cleopatra II, as it was customary for Pharaohs, for the Ptolemaic Greek kings had adopted many customs of the Pharaohs. He had at least four children with her: Ptolemy Eupator, Ptolemy Neos, Cleopatra Thea and Cleopatra III, and possibly Berenice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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