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Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Ptolemy VIII, The Historical Line in the Sand! 

Æ; 29mm/21.7gm  Alexandria Mint c. 168 BC.

Con/ Some roughness to either side, otherwise, Good Very Fine.  

Obv/ Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right.

Rev/ BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, two eagles standing left, side-by-side, on thunderbolt, wings closed; double-cornucopiae in left field.

Ref/ Svoronos 1424.

Seller's Note/ In 168 BC, Seleucid King Antiochus IV brought his army to invade Alexandria but the Roman Senator, Gaius Popillius Laenas.confronted the King near Alexandria, Egypt, who had invaded the country.

When the Seleucid king stalled on the Roman Senate's demands to withdraw, Popillius drew a circle around Antiochus with his staff and demanded a firm answer before stepping out. Facing the threat of war with Rome, the king complied and retreated!