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LOT 2760
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Diobol. Struck circa 294-282 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 2Di.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with spread wings standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram of ΠΑM. CPE B55 (slighlty different monogram); Svoronos 206, pl.viii, 4; SNG Copenhagen 91-3. Very Fine.(16.28gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Cyprus, Salamis AE 13mm. Evagoras II, circa 361-351 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley to left; ΣAΛ upwards to left. Tziambazis 130; BMC 74; Traité II, 1193. 2.51gr, 13mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AR Drachm. Dated SE 161 (152/1 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, cornucopia; to inner right, two monograms above AΞP (date). SC 1642.3b; DCA2 50; HGC 9, 806. 3.49gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. Circa 104-79 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
B[...]AΔPOY around inner circle containing anchor / 'Yehonatan the King' in Paleo-Hebrew around lily. TJC N; Sofaer 214-9; Hendin GBC 6, 6184; Hendin GBC 5, 1148. 2.58gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
