Currency/exchange; Coin; Tetradrachm

LIV.2012.1.1797

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Coin of Ptolemy XII, Neos Dioynysus and also known as Auletes (flute playing), reigned from 80 BC to 51 BC. Obverse: diademed head of Ptolemy the I, turned to the right. Reverse: eagle with closed wings turned to the left, standing on thunderbolt. To the left of the eagle the regnal letters H , mint letters to the right ΠΑ for Paphos. Legend all around: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ