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Two Eagles on Ptolemaic Coins as Representations of Co-Regency

Review of denominations of Ptolemy VI

It has been shown in Part 1a that denominational marking was not used in the reign of Ptolemy III (246-221 BC).  The evidence from hoards presented in Part 1b showed that Ptolemy II's two-eagle coins circulated with Ptolemy III's one-eagle coins of the same denomination;  it is therefore very unlikely that the two eagles represented a different denomination.  Ptolemy IV (221 - 204 BC) did not issue any two-eagle coins and neither did Ptolemy V (204-180 BC).  Ptolemy VI reintroduced two eagles early in his reign together with Cleopatra I (180-164 BC);  the table below shows examples of his two-eagle coins.

39.0g, 35mm;  Svoronos 1423 36.4g, 32mm;  Svoronos 1424 19.5g, 26mm;  Svoronos 1424-5 8.4g, 20mm;  Svoronos 1426 6.6g, 16mm;  Svoronos 1427
39.0g, 35mm;  Svoronos 1423 36.4g, 32mm;  Svoronos 1424 19.5g, 26mm;  Svoronos 1424-5 8.4g, 20mm;  Svoronos 1426 6.6g, 16mm;  Svoronos 1427

Obverses: Ammon head;    Reverses: two eagles facing left, cornucopia left Largest coin of series does not have a cornucopia

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