PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes),

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes), restored, 55-51 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 13.38 g, 12 h), Alexandria, RY 27 = 55/4. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY / L KZ - ΠA Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; to lower left, headdress of Isis. Noeske 357-9. SNG Copenhagen 394. Svoronos 1836. Beautifully toned. Very minor flan faults on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Rhakotis Collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s (with collector's ticket).