Very Rare Askelon Mint Issue

415, Lot: 259. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). 80-58 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.11 g, 1h). Askelon mint. Dated CY 41 (64/3 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Seleukid king Antiochos VIII right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; palm frond over far shoulder; to let, LMA (date) above dove standing left; monogram between legs. Gitler & Master 68 (O32/R55); Svoronos –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG ANS (vol. VI) 652; BMC (Palestine) p. 107, 18; DCA 80. Fair, toned. Very rare, only 20 examples noted by Gitler & Master in CoinArchives, including the sole example in CoinArchives.