Dated Year 1 of the Reign of Caesarion
Very Rare

274, Lot: 205. Estimate $400. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera & Ptolemy XV Caesarion. 44-30 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.24 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY of Caesarion 1 (37/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LA (date), star and Isis headdress to left, ПA to right. Svoronos 1816; SNG Copenhagen 412; DCA 72. Good Fine, toned, porous and rough surfaces. Very rare.

Caesarion, son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar, ruled jointly with his mother until her death in 30 BC. He attempted to flee Egypt as Octavian approached, but was betrayed and executed.