LOT 3090
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 9 (109/8 BC). Alexandreia mint.
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; L Θ (date) to left, ΠΑ to right. CPE 1514; Svoronos 1670; SNG Copenhagen 353-5; DCA2 1133. Good Very Fine. Toned.(13.81gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3090
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Judaea, Herodians. Herod I AE Four Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BC). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Macedonian shield with decorated edge / BAΣIΛEΩΣ HPΩΔOY, crested helmet; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. Meshorer 45; Hendin 1170; HGC 10, 652; DCA 805. 4.72gr, 20mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £56
Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Islands off Ionia, Chios AR Drachm. Struck circa 290-275 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, M within circle above grape bunch. Price -, cf. 2325 (slightly differing monogram). 3.76gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
