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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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Mysia, Pergamon AE 19mm. Mid-late 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain magistrate. Uncertain inscription, head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet with star on the bowl / ΠΕΡΓΑΜ[ΗΝΩN], Nike proceeding to right, holding wreath and palm frond. Cf. SNG BnF 1790-3 (Pergamos, magistrate). 5.89gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lakonia, Lakedaimon (Sparta) AE 20mm. 31-2 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
C. Julius Eurykles, magistrate. Head of Zeus to right / Upright club; Λ-A EΠI EY-PY-KΛ[E]-O-Σ in four lines across fields; all within wreath. Grunauer Group XXVI, Series 1; BCD Peloponnesos II 2376; BMC 63; RPC I 1103; HGC 5, 625. 5.55gr, 21mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
C. Julius Eurykles led Spartan ships to join Octavian at the battle of Actium and was later awarded Roman citizenship and the title of 'hegemon' of the Spartans following the victory. His distinction by the emperor Augustus was not the only benefit from his involvement in the battle. In defeating Antony, Eurykles avenged his father, Lachares, whom Antony had executed. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, monogram above A; to inner right, A(?); all within wreath. SC 2061.4f; Lorber, Die, unlisted obv. die; HGC 9, 1067d. 16.45gr, 29mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 225.
