LOT 3084
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 294-282 BC. Uncertain mint 10 on Cyprus (Salamis or Kition).
Diademed head to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣT above monogram of ΠΑ. CPE 235; Svoronos 368; SNG Copenhagen 87. Near Very Fine.(14.08gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3084
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 9 (109/8 BC). Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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. 13.81gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, A above monogram of ΠΛ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 6; Pinder 100. 12.64gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.60gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
