PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon), as King in Kyrene, 163-145 BC. AE (Bronze, 14 mm, 2.27 g, 12 h), Kyrene. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ [ΠTOΛ ΕΥΕΡ]ΓΕΤΟΥ Eagle with spread wings standing left on thunderbolt. Noeske 291-6 ('uncertain mint in Cyprus'). SNG Copenhagen 658-9 ('uncertain mint in Cyprus'). Svoronos 1655 ('Alexandria'). Weiser -. Rare. Very fine.

From a Swiss collection of Ptolemaic coins, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.