Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Ptolemy XII "Neos Dionysos", AR Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Svoronos 1840

SOLD for £31, 24/7/2012  


Ptolemy XII Auletes
Coin: AR Tetradrachm

Obverse: Diademed bust of Ptolemy I, facing to the right, wearing an Aegis.
Reverse: ΠTOΛEMAIΩV - BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle of Zeus standing to the left upon a thunderbolt, a palm branch over its right shoulder. Date of (51 BC) above the headdress of Isis in the left field, ΠA in the right field.

Weight: 14.45 gm
Dimensions: 24 x 22 x 4.5 mm
Die aixs: 0°

Mint: Alexandria, struck in 51 BC
Reference: Svoronos 1840
Provenance: Purchased from Zeus Coins in 2009

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