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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side. 

Posthumous decadrachm of Berenike II, Alexandria

r. 246 - 220 BCE

Berenice II

Hellenistic

Obverse: Bust of Berenike II right veiled, wearing diadem and necklace. Reverse: single cornucopiae, filled with grain ear, pyramidal cake, pomegranate abd ckuster of grapes hanging from the side, left. Horn tied with royal diadem. Border of dots.

Silver

Ptolemaic period

Coins