Lot 011. Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 B.C. AE obol. Cyprus mint. From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 098.

Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First reign, 180-164 B.C. AE obol (25 mm, 12.57 g, 12 h). Cyprus mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; lotus flower in left field, EYΛ between legs; countermark: Seleukid anchor. Svoronos 1398 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); Lorber, Lotus Series VI.3; Weiser 152 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); SNG Copenhagen 294. Near VF, porous surfaces. 

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 098. 

For an in-depth discussion of this series, see Cathy Lorber?s article ?The Lotus of Aphrodite on Ptolemaic Bronzes? in SNR 80 (2001), pp. 46-48, plate 5

 

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