294, Lot: 174. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). 80-58 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.25 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 27 (55/4 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left, palm frond over far shoulder, on thunderbolt; LKZ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1836; SNG Copenhagen 394; Noeske 257–9. VF, toned, a couple light scratches and slight die shift on reverse.

Ex Robert and Julius Diez Collection (Lanz 151, 30 June 2011), lot 200.