Coin of Ptolemy II from a Ptolemaic hoard, Ptolemaic Period, 285/82–246 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Birabi, 1915–16, Bronze, diam. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in), A hoard of 158 Ptolemaic coins that contained issue of Ptolemy II, III, and IV, but apparently no later king, was discovered in a jar buried in a pit in front of a large Ptolemaic tomb in Thebes. Actual coinage was not a usual burial offering; these coins were likely buried in order to be hidden by someone who failed to return to recover them
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Coin, Ptolemy II, Ptolemaic hoard, Period, 285/82–246 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Birabi, 1915–16, Bronze, diam, 4.5 cm, 1 3/4, hoard, 158 Ptolemaic, coins, contained issue, III, IV, apparently no, later, king, discovered, jar buried, pit, front, large, tomb, Actual coinage, usual burial, offering, buried, order, hidden, someone, failed, return, recover
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