"Bottle Cap" Shaped Coin
"Bottle cap" shaped coin minted in the second century BCE in Ake-Ptolemais. Easily recognizable by its distinctive shape, the reverse (pictured here) of this small coin (actual size 1.3 cm) has a veiled standing goddess holding a scepter or torch. The obverse has the diadem adorned and radiate head of Antiochus IV who ruled over the region between 174-164 BCE.