Ptolemy IX Soter, Zeus Ammon to right,two eagles, with closed wings, silphium
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Ptolemy IX Soter, Zeus Ammon to right,two eagles, with closed wings, silphium
£100.00
PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) and Ptolemy X Alexander I, 117/6-82/1 BC. Obol (Bronze, 23 mm, 6.76 g, 12 h), Kyrene, 114/3-89/8 BC. Horned head of Zeus Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ two eagles, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; before them in left field, silphion plant. Asolati 80. CPE II, B797. SNG Copenhagen 455. Svoronos 1158. Rare
This type used to be attributed to Ptolomy IV ,now reassigned.
Ex Hansons