Description

Ptolemaic Egypt. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (170-116 BC). AR Tetradrachm. (11.31g/ 25mm). Kition mint. Dated RY 33 (138/7 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck/ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L ΛΓ (date) to left, KI to right. CPE II 1432; Svoronos 1585, pl.lv 11 (ΑΓ instead of ΛΓ); SNG Copenhagen 600; DCA 54. Very fine.