LOT 3287
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
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. Near Very Fine.(18.02gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3287
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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Eastern Sogdiana, AR Hemidrachm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed Seleukid head right / Head and neck of horse right, uncertain legend around. MIG, The Dahae of the East Caspian Lowlands 666. 2.59gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Kingdom of Axum, Ouzebas AE Unit. Late 4th-early 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
⧾ •VΛZHⵎΛⵎ ⵎΛⵎIΛⵎVⵎ ('King Ouzebas'), draped bust of Ouzebas to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring; to left and right, ears of barley / ⧾ Τ•VΤ• ΛΡⵎⵎΗ TH XШΡΛ ('may this please the country'), draped bust of Ouzebas (or Ezanas?) to right, wearing tight-fitting head cloth and circular earring, within shallow round incuse inlaid in gold within circular border. Hahn, Aksumite, 26a; Munro-Hay, AC, 54. 2.06gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 29(?) of 'Ozmilk (321/0 BC). Tyre mint. Struck under Laomedon. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £65
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, -|O (Phoenician 'K = 'Ozmilk [king of Tyre]) above = ||| ||[...] (date in Phoenician). Cf. Price 3274a. 16.61gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
