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ΒΕPENIKHΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ, diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, filleted cornucopiae. Svoronos 1054; CPE B454; SNG Copenhagen -; Weiser 82. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / Illegible inscription, filleted cornucopia; club to left; [to right, eagle standing to left]. Svoronos 1048; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -; Noeske -. 7.66gr, 21mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine. A rare denonination not often in auctions.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae in left field. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI). 20.14gr, 28mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. CPE B745; Svoronos 1426; SNG Copenhagen 311-4. 8.01gr, 20mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the London, UK, art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / [...] ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[...], eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt. Cf. Svoronos 1716 (Ptolemy X-Alexandreia); cf. SNG Copenhagen 668-9. 1.97gr, 14mm, 12h.

Good Fine.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with their wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1426 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 311-4 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). 8.01gr, 20mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with their wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1426 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 311-4 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). 8.10gr, 20mm, 11h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with their wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1426 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 311-4 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). 8.52gr, 19mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟ]Υ ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, palm frond behind shoulder; monogram to right. RPC I 3903; Tziambazis 69; Svoronos 1875 (Cyprus); BMC 52-3. 8.80gr, 27mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Double struck. Very Rare; RPC lists only 9 examples.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 559. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 439. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon to right, with ram's horn over his ear / K-[Y] PA, palm tree; in field to right, ΔΑ above silphium plant, star in left field. SNG Copenhagen 1261. 5.25gr, 17mm, 2h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Diademed head to right, without beard / Herakles seated to left on rock, holding club; TΞЄ (date) in exergue. 14.54gr, 27mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse galloping to right. CNP 126; MAA 15; SNG Copenhagen 94-6. 6.43gr, 19mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.