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Last Updated on: 18th April 2022, 11:13 pm

ANCIENT “PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM OF EGYPT GOD ZEUS-AMMON and 2 EAGLES” BRONZE COIN

ANCIENT “PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT” BRONZE COIN

DEPICTING KING OF THE GODS ZEUS-AMMON &

2 EAGLES PERCHED ON A LIGHTNING BOLT

ANTIQUITIES | HISTORY |

COINAGE | CULTURE | CIVILIZATIONS |

HERITAGE | GREEKS | EGYPTIANS |

PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM | NUMISMATICS

DETAILS:

MEASUREMENTS:

Approx. 23 grams (A LARGE COIN)

Approx. 3 cm in diameter

MATERIALS:

BRONZE METAL

IDENTIFYING MARKS:

OBVERSE:

KING OF THE GODS ZEUS (GREEK)

depicted with rich curls of hair and beard

and showing the HORN of the EGYPTIAN DEITY AMMON.

This is the case because the last pharaohs of EGYPT

(THE PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM),

of which THE QUEEN CLEOPATRA belongs

have a GREEK HERITAGE.

During their reign, this GREEK HERITAGE was reflected

in their coinage and other things.

REVERSE:

2 EAGLES perched on a LIGHTING BOLT,

LIGHTNING BOLT pertaining to the GOD OF LIGHTNING

KING OF THE GODS ZEUS.

EAGLES represent authority over the whole dominion

of the PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM,

watching over the lands, territory, and to everything that

belongs to it.

NOTES / OTHER DETAILS:

STRUCK INDENTATION to the CENTRE OF THE COIN

signifies DEMONETISATION.

A VERY BEAUTIFUL, TACTILE, AND COLLECTABLE PIECE.

AVAILABLE HERE

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