PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.24 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 38 (133/2 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ [ΠTOΛ]EMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LΛH (date) to left, ΠΑ to right. Olivier 4516–9 (obv. die D66); Svoronos 1512; SNG Copenhagen 329 (same obv. die); DCA 54. A few light marks under medium cabinet tone. Good VF. A surprisingly rare variety, with only nine noted by Olivier, and three in CoinArchives.
