Help identify ancient coin

hiijacker

I am guessing Greek.

Weiss

Shekel of Tyre?

NiceCurrency

double post

NiceCurrency

nah that's not Melqart that's one of the Ptolemies, it's from Ptolemaic Egypt

I'm not well versed in these so I can't help any further than that


*edit* my guess is Ptolemy II Philadelphos given the look of the portrait and that it says BASILEUS (a term like King)

Steve27

Appears to be Ptolemy I, but I can't find the exact coin. Here's a similar one from www.wildwinds.com

Sapyx

Wildwinds no longer allows hotlinking direct to their pictures; now, you need to say something like "Click on this Wildwinds page for Ptolemy I and scroll down to the coin labelled "Svoronos 263".

I will add that the odd flattened deformations at the top and bottom of the OP's coin makes me think that it was once attached to a piece of jewellery and later broken off. This will negatively affect the desirability and value.

Steve27

<< <i>Wildwinds no longer allows hotlinking direct to their pictures; now, you need to say something like "Click on this Wildwinds page for Ptolemy I and scroll down to the coin labelled "Svoronos 263".

I will add that the odd flattened deformations at the top and bottom of the OP's coin makes me think that it was once attached to a piece of jewellery and later broken off. This will negatively affect the desirability and value. >>




I was able to post a pic of that exact coin; no "hotlinking" issues.

CIVITAS

Yes, Ptolemy II, 285-246 B.C.