PTOLEMAIC.NET

Coins of the Ancient Egyptians - Ptolemaic Dynasty: 323 to 30 BC

 

A coin produced early in the reign of Ptolemy VI (180-170 BC)

This website gives a good answer to the question   "Why did the Ptolemaic mint place the image of two eagles on so many of its bronze coins?"

Based on countermarks, coin types and coin hoards, this website corrects a recently published faulty attribution of coins of Ptolemy VI.

 

This website gives access to a manuscript showing two types of coins, previously attributed to Ptolemy XII, that should be attributed to Cleopatra VII with her son Caesarion.