PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). 80-58 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.17 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 2 (80/79 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LB (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1848; SNG Copenhagen 377; DCA 69. Find patina, light roughness, compact flan. VF.
From the MWF Collection. Ex Rusty Pennies [Alexander Basok] 14 (15 February 2000), lot 97.