LOT 2826
Group of Two [2] AE Coins of the Ptolemaic Kindgom of Egypt. 2nd-1st century BC.
Time of Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII. Fine to Very Fine.(17.67gr total.). [2]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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LOT 2826
Group of Two [2] AE Coins of the Ptolemaic Kindgom of Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 20mm. Circa 310-304/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Bearded head of satyr to right / Π-Α-Ν around forepart of griffin to left; below, sturgeon to left. Anokhin 1023; SNG BM Black Sea 869-71; SNG Stancomb 542; MacDonald 69; HGC 7, 113. 6.60gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. From Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Sicily, Syracuse AV 25 Litrai or Sixth Stater. Time of Agathokles, 317-289 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Struck circa 295-289 BC. Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain ears / Bull walking to left, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ around. Bérend, l’or pl. 9, 14; SNG ANS 707; SNG Lloyd 1475; SNG Copenhagen 752; HGC 2, 1288. 1.41gr, 10mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction 3, 31 March 2012, lot 87. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 118. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7; Sunrise -. 5.38gr, 20mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
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