Currency/exchange; Coin; Tetradrachm
LIV.2008.15.3
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Coin of Ptolemy II, Philadelphos (Brother-Loving); Born 308 BC, died 246 BC; Became king of Egypt in 285 BC
Obverse: diademed head of Ptolemy turned to the right, dotted border.
Reverse: eagle turned to the left, standing on thunderbolt. Dotted border, letters ΣΤ KΙ over Χ to the left of the eagle
The reverse inscription reads: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ[ΙΛ]ΕΩΣ