Description: Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor (180 - 145 BC). AR Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint. Diademed head right (of Ptolemy I), wearing aegis / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ; eagle with closed wings to left on thunderbolt.

Diameter: AR27 mm

Weight: 13,22 g

Grade: aEF/gVF

Attribution: SNG Cop 262 ff

Commentary: great portrait in high relief, sharp details, chip on the edge (weight adjustment?); including collector's original card with detailed description and photos

History: Ptolemy VI ruled for some time jointly with his brother Ptolemy VIII, who continued his troubled rule (killing his own son, dismembering him and sending the body parts to his mother) for some 30 years after Ptolemy VI died of battle wounds in 145 BC.

Article Number: 028-06-02-41652