Description
Ptolemaic Egypt. Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX. AR Tetradrachm (13.65g/ 22mm). Alexandria. RY 12 (106/5 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis/ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; LIB (Kleopatra’s RY date) above Θ (Ptolemy’s RY date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1728; SNG Copenhagen 359; DCA 61. Very fine, toned.
