Description
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus Philopator Philadelphus, Basileus of Ptolemaic Egypt in his second reign 55-51 BC, Silver Tetradrachm (13.30g, 25mm, Ptolemaic Standard), regnal year L KH (28), Alexandria mint 54-53 BC. Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy I Soter facing to the right. Reverse: Eagle stands facing to the left perched upon thunderbolt, wings closed, palm branch over eagle’s right shoulder and headdress of Isis by right leg, regnal year “L KH” to left field, “ΠA” to right field, legend surrounds, “BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY”. Svoronos-1837. Cleaned in the past with some porous surfaces, detail is bold and the reverse particularly well struck despite some flatness over the thunderbolt, Very Fine
The obverse Ancient Greek legend reads “ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ” or “Πτολεμαΐς βασιλεύς”, Latinized as “Ptolemaḯs Basileús”, with an English translation as “King Ptolemy”.