ANCIENT LOTS. Greek. Ptolemaic Egypt. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) (170-116 BC). Lot of ten (10) AE issues. Fair-Good. Includes: Ten Cyprus, uncertain mint but possibly Paphos, 145-116 BC. Head of female (Aphrodite or Arsinoe III?) right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, double cornucopiae tied with fillets. Svoronos 1160 (Ptolemy IV). SNG Copenhagen 648. Note: Catharine Lorber has suggested that the usual attribution to Ptolemy IV is too early due to numerous examples of this type found in the excavations at Nea Paphos which indicates that the issue was later, possibly 2nd-1st century BC. Total of ten (10) coins in lot. SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS HID09801242017 © 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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