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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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. 145-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Salamis mint. Dated RY 37 (134/3 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; transverse sceptre in background, L ΛZ (date) to left, ΣA to right. Svoronos 1550; BMC 27; SNG Copenhagen -. 11.52gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare date. No other examples on CoinArchives.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
DA (Dārābgird) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type IIIb/1e. 4.04gr, 27mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second reign, 129-125 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £68
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Diademed and bearded head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑ-ΤΟΡΟΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and long sceptre with his left; Ξ to outer left, Δ beneath throne. SC 2166.2a; HGC 9, 1117b corr. (photo marked 1117a). 14.00gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned, areas of roughness and delaminations.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
