LOT 3320
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III AE Dichalkon. Circa 244/3-221 BC. Uncertain mint on the Levantine Coast.
ΒΕPENIKHΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ, diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, filleted cornucopiae. Svoronos 1054; CPE B454; SNG Copenhagen -; Weiser 82. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3320
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III AE Dichalkon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Helmeted head of Leukippos to right / Demeter standing facing, head to right, holding long-cross torch; META to right. Johnston, Bronze 66; SNG ANS 561; HN Italy 1702; HGC 1, 1099. 5.13gr, 16mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 166/155-130 BC. Taxila mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 510-490 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Janiform female heads / Helmeted head of Athena to left within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, I, pl. V, 14-5; SNG Arikantürk 597; SNG BnF 1126. 1.21gr, 10mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
