PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor, first reign, 180-164 BC. Obol (Bronze, 30 mm, 24.89 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in Cyprus (Paphos?), circa 167-145. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; scepter over shoulder; to left, lotus flower. Lorber, Lotus, Series VII.3. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos 1406. Weiser -. Rare. Minor traces of corrosion and deposits on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of the Swiss-Spanish coin dealer and former Swiss Guard at the Vatican José Truyol, formed since the early 1970s.