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Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; Λ between legs. CPE B249; Svoronos 481; SNG Copenhagen -. 22.64gr, 28mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with wings spread standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, Galatian shield between two monograms; Λ between legs; c/m: incuse trident. CPE B190; Svoronos 581; SNG Copenhagen 129. 15.01gr, 26mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with wings spread standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, Galatian shield between two monograms; Λ between legs; c/m: incuse trident. CPE B190; Svoronos 581; SNG Copenhagen 129. 14.17gr, 25mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, draped bust of Libya to right, wearing taenia; double cornucopiae beneath chin. CPE B483; Svoronos 857. 3.30gr, 21mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Head of Isis to right, wearing grain ear wreath / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right, cornucopia over shoulder. Svoronos 1238; cf. SNG Copenhagen 256-259. 3.48gr, 18mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; lotus flower in left field, EYΛ between legs; c/m: Seleukid anchor within rectangular incuse. Svoronos 1398 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); Lorber, Lotus Series VI.3; Weiser 152 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); SNG Copenhagen 294; Noeske -. 15.56gr, 25mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Head of Isis to right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with open wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 1384 (Ptolemy VI and Kleopatra I as Regent); SNG Copenhagen 279-87 (Ptolemy VI and Kleopatra I as Regent). 14.10gr, 26mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra to right / KΛEOΠATPAΣ [BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1871; Weiser 183; SNG Copenhagen 419-21; Noeske 380-2. 18.02gr, 26mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / K-O-I / N-O-N, silphium plant. Asolati 61; SNG Copenhagen 1279. 9.60gr, 19mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

Wreathed head of Tanit to left; three pellets(?) behind / Head of horse to right; palm tree before. Cf. CNP 252ad; cf. MAA 57p (Carthage). 2.93gr, 18mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse standing to right, head to left; pellet beneath bent foreleg. CNP 103a; MAA 81a; SNG Copenhagen 394. 8.86gr, 27mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; pellet below. Mazard 53; MAA 18a; SNG Copenhagen 505. 12.56gr, 28mm, 1h.

Good Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.