LOT 3040
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera AR Tetradrachm. 51-30 BC.
Alexandria mint; dated RY 20 (33/2 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis / [ΠΤΟΛΕΜ]ΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; to left, L K (date) [above headdress of Isis]; ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1834; SNG Copenhagen 416; DCA 70. Near Very Fine.(13.83gr, 26mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman;
From Den of Antiquity Int Ltd, dealer's ticket included.
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LOT 3040
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Crete, Knossos AE 28mm. Circa 40-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Pseudo-autonomous issue, struck during the Roman Republic. Kydas, cretarch. Laureate head of Zeus to right; B beneath neck, thunderbolt beneath chin / Eagle standing to right with open wings; KYΔAΣ in three lines across field. RPC I 934; Svoronos, Numismatique 147-8; SNG Copenhagen 388. 15.83gr, 28mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Edge split.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 562, 15 May 2024, lot 329 (dealer's ticket included); From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Cilicia, uncertain mint AR Obol. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Crowned and bearded head of Persian king to right / Forepart of Pegasus to right. Göktürk -; Troxell & Kagan -; SNG BnF 482-4; SNG Levante 232. 0.71gr, 11mm, 8h
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 68, 3 October 2021, lot 96 (since professionally cleaned and conserved), dealer's ticket included; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Pisidia, Selge 12mm. Circa 200-1 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Laureate head of Herakles to right, club over shoulder / Thunderbolt; bow to right, Σ-Ε-Λ across fields. SNG BnF 1979; SNG von Aulock 5288; SNG Copenhagen 263; Lindgren 1353. 2.43gr, 12mm, 5h
Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included.
