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 / BAΣIΛEΩΣ [ΠTOΛEMAIOY], two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; silphium plant to left. Asolati 80 (Ptolemy VI-VIII). SNG Copenhagen 455 (Ptolemy VIII-Ptolemy Apion); Svoronos 1158 (Ptolemy IV). 5.72g, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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.