PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros), 116-107 BC. Obol (?) (Bronze, 19 mm, 6.59 g, 12 h), Kyrene. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠTΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Two eagles with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, silphium plant. SNG Copenhagen 455 ('Ptolemy VIII - Ptolemy Apion'). Svoronos 1158 ('Ptolemy IV'). Weiser -. Rare. Somwhat rough, otherwise, about very fine.


This interesting issue employs the famed silphium plant as its mint mark.