LOT 3092
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra III & Ptolemy X Alexander I AR Tetradrachm. Dually dated RY 12 of Kleopatra and RY 9 of Ptolemy (106/5 BC). Alexandria mint.
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, L IB (Kleopatra's RY date) above Θ (Ptolemy's RY date); ΠΑ to right. CPE 1518; Svoronos 1728; SNG Copenhagen 359; DCA2 1147. Good Very Fine.(13.48gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3092
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra III & Ptolemy X Alexander I AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Sasanian Kingdom. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4 AR Drachm. AD 276-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Jugate busts of Bahram II, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, to right, vis-a-vis cuirassed bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with eagle's head and presenting a wreath to the royal couple, to left / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by Bahram on the left and his queen on the right, holding ring; to left of flames, fravahr symbol. Cf. SNS type VII/5; cf. Göbl type X/3. 3.02gr, 27mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Mysia, Pordosilene AR Hemidrachm. Circa 427-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of young male to right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther standing to right within incuse square. Erol-Özdizbay 2; S&B 2; HGC 6, 1097. 1.95gr, 11mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned with hints of golden iridescence.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes III Euergetes AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 193 (105/4 BC). Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOΥΣ NIKOMHΔOΥ, Zeus standing facing, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left; to inner left, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt above monogram of MATP and ΓϘΡ (date). RG p.231; HGC 7, 645. 16.72gr, 32mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful old cabinet tone.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
