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Details
LOT 3071
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera AR Tetradrachm. 51-30 BC.
Alexandria mint. Dated RY 16 (37/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I το right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with palm over shoulder; to left, L Iς (date) above crown of Isis; ΠA to right. Svoronos 1830 (Ptolemy XIII); SNG Copenhagen 411; DCA 70. Very Fine.(13.60gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3071
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
