LOT 3085
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 33 (253/2 BC). Tyre mint.
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ [ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; TYP civic monogram above club in left field, ΛΓ (date) above MA monogram in right field; MY or MI monogram between eagle's legs. CPE 600; Svoronos 676; SNG Copenhagen 490; BMC -; Meydancikkale -; Noeske -; DCA 20. Good Very Fine.(14.04gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3085
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Apulia, Arpi AE 21mm. Circa 325-275 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to left / Boar charging to right; spear-head above, ΑΡΠΑ[ΝΩΝ] in exergue. HN Italy 642; HGC 1, 534. 7.57gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. E&E-B Group IV.4.2 ('Aynel); cf. HGC 10, 139 (same). 0.75gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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; uncertain countermark / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 30. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.49gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
