Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon facing right.

Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, head right, cornucopiae bound with royal diadem across shoulders and E between legs.

CPE B366; Köln 91; SNG Copenhagen 224-226; Svoronos 974. [Alexandria, 246-222 BC].

Diameter: 39 mm. Weight: 47.5 g.

A beautiful and enormous ancient Greek coin of the Ptolemaic dynasty. At 39 mm and nearly 50 g in weight it is more like a medal than a coin. An unusually detailed example of this classic ancient coin struck in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.