PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT: Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII (116-51 BCE), AE21. Alexandria, 6.73g, 21mm.
Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right
Rev: Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left.
Svoronos 1426 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); Weiser 143 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 311-4 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); Noeske 216-20 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). Lorber has recently reassigned this type to Series 9 (Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII).
Ex Lodge Antiquities
Estimate: 100+

A superior example of a late Ptolemaic bronze.