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Chalkon - Ptolemy VI Philometor Cyprus
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 181 BC - 145 BC |
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| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse description | Bearded head of Zeus Ammon facing right, depicted with the characteristic ram's horn curling behind the ear, a defining attribute of the syncretic deity combining Zeus and the Egyptian god Amun. The portrait is rendered in the Hellenistic tradition with fine detail in the facial features and hair. The field is plain, with no surrounding legend on this side. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ptolemy VI inherited the throne as a child under the regency of his mother Cleopatra I, and his reign was defined by near-constant pressure — a co-regency forced upon him by his younger brother Ptolemy VIII, an Seleucid invasion that briefly installed him as a puppet king in Memphis, and a Roman senatorial ultimatum that ended Antiochus IV's occupation of Egypt without a single battle. Cyprus mattered enormously to the Ptolemies as their primary source of copper, making local bronze issues like this one both economically practical and strategically loaded.