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A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy of Cyprus

65-64 BCE

Greek, Ptolemaic

Cyprus

The front of this coin portrays King Ptolemy facing right and wearing a diadem, with traces of a dotted border.

On the back an eagle stands on a thunderbolt facing left.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium