Ptolemaic Kingdom; AE Obol; Ptolemy III; Kyrene; 246-222 BC.
Obv. Diademed bust of Ptolemy I wearing diadem and aegis to the right.
Rv. Draped bust of Libia to the right, under the neck a small cornucopiae (?). ΠTOΛEMAIOΥ - BAΣIΛEΩΣ.
Bronze, 7.60 g, 21.5 mm, 12h. Svoronos 866/870-871.
The symbol around the head of Libya is barely legible – the coin is most likely overstruck on an earlier one.
Grade: VF, darkly toned.
