LOT 2878
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC.
Alexandria mint. Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra VII to right / BACIΛICCHC KΛEOΠATΡAC, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, cornucopia; to right, Π (mark of value). Svoronos 1871; Noeske 380-2; SNG Copenhagen 419-21. Near Very Fine.(15.54gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2878
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.01gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AM (Āmul) mint. Dated RY 32 (AD 622/3). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin, 'pd in Pahlavi in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. SC Tehran 1638. 3.57gr, 30mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Pella mint; struck circa 323-315 BC. Posthumous Issue. Laureate head of Zeus to left / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, horseman riding to right, holding palm branch and bridle; beneath horse's foreleg, Θ. SNG ANS 430; SNG Alpha Bank 275; Le Rider 439. 13.75gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare left-facing issue.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman.
