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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Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 458/7-455/4 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / A-I, kerykeion within incuse square. May, Ainos 34-6; McClean 3810; HGC 3.2, 1273. 1.33gr, 9mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £276
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 16.44gr, 23mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. 165-132 BC.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,575
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Dated SE 173 (140/39 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992.
