Description: Ptolemaic Kingdom, Berenice II (struck under Ptolemy III. 246-221 BC). Ras Ibn Hani, Syria. BEΡENIKHΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ; diademed and draped bust of Berenice II right, hair in a bun / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread. EY in left field.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 6.38 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: Svoronos 1056

Commentary: grey patina with sandy deposits

History: Berenice II died just one year after her husband - probably as a part of a court purge by the new regime led by her son Ptolemy IV.

Article Number: 011-10-07-44287