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A rare didrachm from 138/137 BC. This series was the only one to include a portrait of Ptolemy VIII,
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whose other coinage issues had his ancestor Ptolemy I's bust.
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| Source | http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.75452 |
| Author | American Numismatic Society |
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- ↑ Smith, Roland Ralph Redfern (1986). "Three Hellenistic Rulers at the Getty". The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 14 : 70. Getty Publications.