183, Lot: 103. Estimate $200. Sold for $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). 80-58 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.33 g, 12h). Alexandria mint. Dated RY 19 (63/2 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; date to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1866; SNG Copenhagen 390. VF, light scratches. Ex Ponterio 144 (6 November 2007), lot 477.

Ptolemy XII, the father of the last Ptolemaic ruler Cleopatra VII, was largely a puppet of the Romans. This coin dates from Ptolemy’s first reign, before he was deposed in 58 BC. He returned to power in 55 BC with Roman support.