Currency/exchange; Coin; AE 23
LIV.2012.1.1886
Information
Coin of Ptolemy VI Philometor (Loving His Mother); Born c.186 BC, died 145 BC; Became king of Egypt in 180 BC
Mint: Alexandria (?)
Denomination: AE25
Obverse: the bearded head of Herakles in lion skin right, dotted border;.
Reverse: eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, head reverted, kerykeion over shoulder, K between the legs of the eagle dotted border around can be seen
There is no obverse Inscription, however the reverse inscription reads: [ΠΤΟΛΕ]ΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ