Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II Tetradrachm NGC Graded XF

Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II tetradrachm NGC Graded XF. Very little wear with a really strong strike (5/5 NGC score) but let down by cleaning scratches. (NGC give it a 2/5 for surfaces). Struck at Alexandria in the second year of the join reign 116/5 BC.

Obverse: Diademed head of Ptolemy I facing right, wearing aegis.
Reverse: Eagle standing left, on thunderbolt, LB (date) to left, ΠA to right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΠTOΛEMAIOY.
References: Svoronos 1660; SNG Copenhagen 348

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