Ptolemaic Kingdom Ptolemy II 285-246 BC Gold Octodrachm NGC CHVF RARE Dynastic Portrait world coinsSOLD Ptolemaic Kingdom Ptolemy II 285 246 BC Gold Octodrachm NGC CHVF RARE Dynastic Portrait. When Alexander died in Babylon on 10 June 323 BCE, his corpse, embalmed by a team of Egyptian morticians, was placed in an elaborate mule cart for travel back to Macedon in northern Greece for burial with his ancestors. Ptolemy (born 367, died 283 BCE), one of Alexander's boyhood companions, trusted bodyguards, and Generals seized the body and diverted it to
• Short reign = limited original mintage
emphasizing the conservative nature of the type
Otho ruled for barely three months
The objects are cradled by the inscription A* HIRTIVS * PR
today usually called an octodrachm
The rich deposits of precious metal in the New World were too much for Spanish royalty to resist
500 or so Mint State survivors represent coins that were used in international commerce and were subsequently repatriated from foreign bank hoards beginning in the 1950s
including being the earliest coin mentioned in the Old Testament
the same ideological weight
Obverse: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M
Of the 17 just 3 were dated 1853-O
The 1857-S Double Eagle is already a pillar of the Liberty Head series
