CLEOPATRA III and PTOLEMY IX SILVER TETRADRACHM – RARE OVERSTRIKE OVER PTOLEMY VI ISSUE – AU NGC GRADED GREEK PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 21133)

$2,500.00

21133. PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. CLEOPATRA III and PTOLEMY IX SOTER II, 116/15–107 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 14.63 g, 29 mm. Alexandria, dated regnal year 2 (116/115 BC).
Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, LB (date) in left field; ΠA in right field; dotted border.
CPE II 1504; Svoronos 1660 corr. (Ptolemy X); DCA2–1133.
Ex Peus, private sale, inventory no. 115598.
NGC graded AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, “overstruck,” “die shift,” exceedingly rare overstrike with a identifiable undertype.
The host coin appears to be a nearly 60-year-old tetradrachm of Ptolemy VI (CPE 1308) dated year 90 (173/2 BC). Parts of the royal name, the thunderbolt, and the koppa (90) date of the undertype remain visible.