PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). Restored, 55-51 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 14.05 gm. 25 mm. Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 28 (54/3 B.C.). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond behind; L KH (date) above Isis headdress to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1837. SNG Copenhagen 395. Good Very Fine; toned and well centered, with a nice portrait; old cleaning/scraping marks around king's chin on obverse; unusually sharp reverse striking.

From an American collection formed in the mid-twentieth century.