★ A very rare Drachm of Ptolemy VIII from Kyrene ★

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon), second reign, 145-116 BC. Drachm (Bronze, 48 mm, 73.83 g, 1 h), Kyrene. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY EYEPΓETOY Filleted double cornucopiae; in left field, Φ. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos 1640. Weiser -. Very rare. Somewhat double struck , otherwise, very fine.

From the Kyrenaica Collection.