PTOLEMAIC EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Auletes (80-51 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 12.54 gm, 12h). Alexandria, dated Regnal Year 23 (59/8 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck; dotted border / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ-ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; L KΓ (date) in left field, ΠΑ in right field, dotted border. Svoronos 1684 (Ptolemy X Soter II, 94/3 BC). SNG Copenhagen 372 (same). VF. The coin is Ptolemy X issue since Ptolemy XII issues have the eagle with palm over right wing and an Isis headdress in left field. |
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