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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE 28mm. Circa 204-180 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Isis to right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1234; SNG Copenhagen 247. 15.73gr, 28mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 59, 26 July 2020, lot 205 (since professionally cleaned). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 28 (143/2 BC). Paphos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with wings closed; L KH (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos -; CPE II 1468; SNG Berry 1498. 13.26gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal with an attractive old cabinet tone. Minor flan crack at 4h; edge chipped. Very rare example.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 37 (134/3 BC). Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / [ΠΤΟ]ΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L ΛZ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1510; CPE II 1366; SNG Copenhagen -; DCA 54. 14.03gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescent highlights. Some roughness on obverse.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 21 (61/0 BC). Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, L KA (date), ΠA to right. Svoronos 1868 (Kleopatra VII); CPE II 1684; SNG Copenhagen 391; DCA2 1149. 13,81gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ [KΛEOΠATΡAΣ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419-21. 12.42gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Heavily tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Obol-40 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Diademed and draped bust to right / [KΛEOΠATPAC BACIΛICCHC], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left, M (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1872; Weiser 184-5; SNG Copenhagen 422-4; Noeske 383. 9.59gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Obol-40 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Diademed and draped bust to right / [KΛEOΠATPAC] BAC[IΛICCHC], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left, M (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1872; Weiser 184-5; SNG Copenhagen 422-4; Noeske 383. 5.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
North Africa, Carthage AR Quarter Shekel. Second Punic War issue, circa 213-211 BC. Akragas mint under Punic occupation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Male head to right (Triptolemos?), wearing wreath of grain ears / Horse leaping to right, Punic ḤT below. Burnett, The Enna Hoard, SNR 62, 148-149; SNG Copenhagen 380. 1.99gr, 14mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Deep old cabinet tone.
Acquired from Praefectus Coins (J.P. Anderson). Ex Spink, Auction 22108, 25 August 2022, lot 3098. Property of a London antiquarian. -
North Africa, Carthage AE Unit. Circa 221-210 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse standing to right, head to left. MAA 88; SNG Copenhagen 307. 7.52gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. Includes old collector's ticket, noting '30/5/42'. -
North Africa, Carthage AE 1/5 Unit. Time of Hannibal, circa 221-218 BC. Carthago Nova mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Crested Thracian helmet to left. ACIP 582; FAB 523; SNG BM Spain 67; Villaronga 1973, 114; CNH p. 69, 46. 1.94gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Indo-Skythians. Western Kshatrapas (Western Satraps), Nahapana AR Drachm. Circa AD 53-99.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Legend in Greek around diademed head to right, wearing cap / Legend in Kharosthi around arrow and thunderbolt. Senior 303. 2.03gr, 17mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
India. Mauryan Empire AR Mashaka. Circa 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Uncertain symbol / Blank. 0.14gr, 4mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.