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Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos, restored (55-51 BC). AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria, regnal year 28 (54/53 BC). Diademed Ptolemy head right. wearing aegis around neck, rev. Eagle standing l., atop thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder, date LKH above Isis headdress in left field, ΠA in right. Svoronos 1837, SNG Copenhagen 395. Rare. In 59 BC, Ptolemy XII, called Auletes ("the flute player"), formed a formal alliance with Rome, after bribing Julius Caesar and Pompey with 6,000 talents. His name was inscribed onto the list of friends and allies of the people of Rome. And it was to Rome he fled the next year - forced away by an Alexandrian mob angered over Ptolemy's inaction after the Roman conquest of Cyprus. Auletes was only able to recover his throne in 55 BC by paying the hefty sum of 10,000 talents to the Roman general Aulus Gabinius to invade Egypt. After falling ill four years later, Auletes made his daughter Cleopatra (VII) co-regent. Typical light porosity. Good Very Fine. Ex CNA Sale XV, June 5, 1991, lot 314.



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