PTOLEMY XII SILVER TETRADRACHM – RARE YEAR 6/5 OVERDATE PLATED IN DCA – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM COIN (Inv. 19140)

$1,500.00

19140. EGYPT. PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. PTOLEMY XII, 80–51 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 14.34 g, 25 mm. Issue of Alexandria, dated RY 6 (76/5 BC).
Obv. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis. Rev. ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, LC (date, re-engraved over LE [year 5]) to left, ΠΑ to right.
CPE 1669, Svoronos 1852; SNG Copenhagen – ; DCA 2, 1149 [this coin illustrated].
Published: DCA 2–1149, coin fully illustrated on page 814 and overdate detail on p. 815.
NGC CH VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, rare overdate, this specimen referenced in DCA where a detail from the reverse is plated to illustrate this particular overdate.