Silver Coinage from the Co-regency of Ptolemy VI and VIII

Abstract

During the co-regency of Ptolemy VI and VIII, dated silver coinage was struck principally at Salamis, Citium and Paphos but also at Amathus and an uncertain mint or mints. We present a new die study of the coinage of the three main mints, which was less sporadic than previous studies indicated. The results have implications for the contemporaneous minting operations at Alexandria. The coinage of this period documents a surprising resilience of the Ptolemaic Empire in the wake of the Sixth Syrian War.