PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy X Alexander I. 101-88 B.C. AR tetradrachm. 14.14 gm. 24 mm. Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 18 (97/6 B.C.). His diademed head right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; LIH (date) to left, ПA to right. Svoronos 1678. Good Very Fine; lustrous old collection toning; bold charming portrait; crisply struck on good metal; die break on obverse and flatness on cheek; superficial flan flaw/crack on reverse, likely in flan before striking (crack is in surface only, it does not extend into or to edge of coin); struck from slightly worn dies. Very scarce. Choice for issue.

From an American collection formed in the 1950s.