LOT 3279
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Diobol. Struck 260s-246 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 3.
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; Λ between legs. CPE B249; Svoronos 481; SNG Copenhagen -. Near Very Fine.(22.64gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3279
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Diobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit. 203-148 BC or 148-118 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; pellet below. Mazard 53; MAA 18a; SNG Copenhagen 505. 14.68gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Thirty-Second Shekel. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Phoenician galley to left before city wall with three towers; [in exergue, lion couchant to left] / King of Persia advancing to right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder. Cf. HGC 10, 231 (Sakton). 0.36gr, 8mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia, Achaemenid Empire. Time of Artaxerxes II to Darios III AR Obol(?) 4th century BC. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor (Ionia or Caria?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Satrap to right, wearing bashlyk / Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding spear and bow. Corfù pl. 4, 3; Sunrise 92 (Uncertain Cilicia). 0.59gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
