PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon), as King in Kyrene, 163-145 BC. AE (Bronze, 21 mm, 4.39 g, 12 h), Kyrene. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY EYEPΓETOY Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, ΘΕ. Noeske 289-90 ('uncertain mint on Cyprus'). SNG Copenhagen 655-7 ('uncertain mint on Cyprus'). Svoronos 1651 ('Alexandria'). Weiser 167 ('Alexandria'). Rare. Light cleaning scratches, otherwise, very fine.

From a Swiss collection of Ptolemaic coins, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.