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LOT 3407
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Obol-40 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Diademed and draped bust to right / [KΛEOΠATPAC] BAC[IΛICCHC], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left, M (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1872; Weiser 184-5; SNG Copenhagen 422-4; Noeske 383. Good Fine.(5.89gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3407
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Obol-40 Drachmai.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Persic standard. Archaic head of Apollo to right / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Kayhan 352. 0.18gr, 5mm.
Extremely Fine. Amazing details preserved for such a tiny fraction.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) IV AR Hemidrachm. Late 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed bust to left, wearing korymbos; [symbol?] to right / Crowned and diademed head to left. Cf. Alram 652 (triple pellets). 0.91gr, 15mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Islands off Ionia, Chios AE 13mm. 84-30 BC. ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ (Aristokles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Sphinx seated to right; raised foreleg on prow / Pointed amphora, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΛΗΣ to right, XIOΣ to left. SNG Copenhagen 1631. 1.93gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
