Ptolemaic Kingdom, Rare Bronze Obol/Tetradrachm Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryhon, Alexander The Great III Wearing Elephant Skin/Eagle 145-116 BC, 17.7 grams

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Item number: G0016

Obv. Alexander The Great III wearing elephant skin right 

Rev. Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, Greek Inscriptions 

It's very rare 

Ptolemy VIII his nickname Physcon, he was the younger son of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Cleopatra I 

His Reign was characterised by fierce political and military conflict with his older siblings Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II 

He borned in Alexanderia/Egypt 182 BC, died June, 26, 116 BC 

Weight: 17.7 grams 

Size: 29.08 mm 

Obv. Head of Kore-Persephone right wearing barley wreath, earrings with drop pendant and necklace, hair flows freely over neck 

Rev. Nike with opened wings,naked to waist standing right holding nail in left hand and hammer in right hand about to affix conical helmet, Monogram right, Greek Inscriptions left 

The coin is too old , hammer struck, smoothing and toning with natural patina 

Weight: 16.5 grams 

Size: 25.74 mm

Obv. Head of Zeus-Amon bearded wearing Taenia right 

Rev. Eagle on Thunderbolt left, Monograms, Greek Inscriptions 

It's Tyre Mint , Tyre is Phoenician city which nowadays Lebanese city south of Beirut the capital at the Mediterranean Sea shore 

Weight: 61.9 grams 

Size: 41.37 mm