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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Kyrenaica, Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros), 116 - 110 B.C.
After Ptolemy VIII died in 116 B.C., Cleopatra III ruled with her mother Cleopatra II and son Ptolemy IX. In 110 B.C., she replaced Ptolemy IX as co-regent with her second son Ptolemy X. Ptolemy IX regained the throne in 109 but was again replaced in 107 B.C. In 101 B.C., Ptolemy X had his mother Cleopatra III murdered and then ruled alone or with his niece and wife, Berenice III. In Kyrene, Ptolemy VIII willed the Kingdom to Ptolemy Apion. The direct mention of Ptolemy Soter shows that the mint recognized Ptolemy IX, at least at first.GP67134. Bronze hemiobol, Svoronos 1718; Buttrey Cyrene 361 ff., SNG Cop 678; Weiser 169 (Alexandria); BMC Ptolemies p. 107, 42 ff.; SNG Milan 527 (Cyprus); Noeske -, VF, desert patina, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, weight 4.964g, maximum diameter 19.2mm, die axis 180o, 116 - 110 B.C.; obverse horned head of Zeus-Ammon right; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (King Ptolemy), filleted double cornucopia with two stars above, Σ-Ω/Θ-Ε (Soter) in field; SOLD
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