Discovered in Egypt an unusual golden coin of the Greco-Roman era

The play has the face of King Ptolemy III, ancestor of Cleopatra, who was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, founded in 305 BC.

Egyptian archaeologists discovered several sections of a brick structure that could be part of a Greco-Roman bathroom. In its interior were found several objects of great cultural value, among which stands a unique gold coin with the stamped face of King Ptolemy III, who ruled Egypt in the third century BC.

According to a statement on Wednesday by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, the piece was found in the archaeological site of Sa el-Hagar, north of Cairo, local media reported.

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