LOT 2717
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. 285-246 BC.
Uncertain mint 9, on Cyprus. Struck circa 285-275 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; in left field, monogram of ΠΑΤΡ above A. CPE 414; Svoronos 365; SNG Copenhagen -. Near Very Fine.(13.87gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 562, 15 May 2024, lot 208.
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LOT 2717
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
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Caria, Iasos AE 17mm. Circa 250-190 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΜΕΝΕΚΛΗΣ (Menekles), magistrate. Group C. Apollo Delphinios standing to left, holding bow and arrow, dolphin at feet; illegible inscription to right / MENE[ΚΛΗΣ], Artemis advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver, to right [IA]; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Ashton, The Pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos p.72, 2-3, pl.14, 216-7. 3.45gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Phasael. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Petra mint; struck circa 5/4 BC. Laureate head to right / Double cornucopiae to right; palm frond to left, ḥēth in Aramaic above; Phaṣa in Aramaic to lower right. CN 116a; Meshorer, Nabataea 61A. 2.49gr, 14mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. 187-175 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £943
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΕΛ-ΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; filleted palm frond to outer left. SC 1313.6a; HGC 9, 582d. 17.17gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private collection in Europe.
