Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Kleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros), 116-107 BC. Alexandria (?). Obol. 115-114 BC - year 3 (Bronze, 21.69 mm, 9.33 g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress, K behind neck. Rev. ΠTOΛEMAIOY - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; on left, Ω over Σ monogram; on right, L Γ (date). Svoronos 1191 (Ptolemy IV – Uncertain mint in Cyprus). Faucher & Lorber Series 8. SNG Copenhagen 534-5 (Ptolemy V – Uncertain mint in Phoenicia). Weiser 114 (Ptolemy V – Tyre mint). Noeske 187 (Ptolemy V – Uncertain mint in Phoenicia). DCA 35 (Ptolemy V). Attractive brown patina. Fine portrait on obverse. About Extremely Fine. From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection; ex Italo Vecchi, Bern, September 1990. From the pen of G.M.S.: The Egyptian conquest and colonization of the important neighboring island of Cyprus and the eastern Phoenician coasts of the Mediterranean gave rise to a series of local coins to which this bronze belongs—small in size, of uncertain minting, but of excellent style and splendid preservation. The obverse here depicts the portrait of Herakles with the lion's skin, while the reverse features the Ptolemaic eagle, both images bathed in a brilliant original brown patina.