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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, wearing crested helmet covered with pelt of scales and adorned with wing / Athena Alkidemos advancing to left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 16E; SNG ANS 868; HGC 12, 193. 1.79gr, 16mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed bust to right, with aegis on shoulder, holding spear / 'Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa' in Kharosthi characters around Athena Alkidemos standing to left, hurling thunderbolt and holding aegis; in right field, monogram. Bopearachchi series 7, 26; Mitchiner 224e; SNG ANS 723. 1.88gr, 16mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.

Indo-Sasanian style bust to right; pellets and ornaments around / Stylised fire altar; pellets around. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 422-4. 4.03gr, 14mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Ex UK gallery, early 2000s.

Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing polos ornamented with palmettes / [ΠTO]ΛEMAI[OY], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt. CPE B118; Svoronos 74; Cox, Curium 31. 9.52gr, 21mm, 1h.

Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 492. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / [ΠTOΛEMAIOY] BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; Y between legs. CPE B279 (Series 3); Svoronos 509; SNG Copenhagen -; Weiser -. 43.14gr, 36mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Very rare.

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

Laureate head of Zeus to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt with closed wings; in the field to left, ΔI above grain ear. CPE B317; SNG Copenhagen -; Svoronos 381. 11.80gr, 29mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

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

Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B467; Svoronos 707; SNG Copenhagen -. 22.92gr, 31mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Acquired from Baldwin's, February 1988. From Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 57, 25 March 2018, lot 82. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

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.