Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) Æ Obol. Kyrene, 116-107 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; silphium plant to left. Asolati 80 (Ptolemy VI-VIII); SNG Copenhagen 455 (as Ptolemy VIII-Ptolemy Apion); Svoronos 1158 (as Ptolemy IV). 7.00g, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
For this attribution of this piece, see Dan Wolf's website, www.ptolemybronze.com, who has been closely working with noted numismatic scholar, Catharine Lorber on the attribution of Ptolemaic bronze.