LOT 3123
Phoenicia, Ake (as Ptolemais) AE 24mm. Dated year 5 of the Caesarean Era (45/4 BC).
Laureate head of Zeus to right; palm frond over shoulder; countermark(?) / ΠΤΟΛΕ-ΜΑΕΩΝ ΙΕΡΑΣ to right ΑΣΥ [KAI] to left, Tyche standing to left on prow of galley, holding aplustre and rudder in right hand, cornucopia and palm in left; L E (date) and monogram to left. Cf. Kadman 69; HGC 10, 8; DCA 743. Near Very Fine.(8.21gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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. -
Cyprus, Kourion. Eua- AE Unit. Early-mid 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head (of Apollo?) facing slightly to left, drapery around neck / Mare standing to right, suckling foal standing to left below; EYA above. Destrooper pl. 10, 11; Zapiti & Michaelidou -; Tziambazis 39. 3.81gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns / Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath. 1.82gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
