PTOLEMY IX OR PTOLEMY X, circa 113–81 BC, AE 21mm, 8.0gm '40 drachms' (obol). Alexandreia mint. Series 9

PTOLEMY IX OR PTOLEMY X, circa 113–81 BC, AE 21mm, 8.0gm '40 drachms' (obol). Alexandreia mint. Series 9

Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right.

Rev: Two eagles, wings closed, standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left.

Ref: CPE B745; Svoronos 1426.

More recent research has moved this type back; originally classified by Svoronos to Ptolemy VI & VII, then more recently to the time of Ptolemies IX-XII (117-51 BC), this issue has now been narrowed down further to the time of Ptolemies IX & X (113-81 BC).

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