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LOT 2764
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 275/4-272 BC. Alexandreia mint.
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram above Galatian shield to left, E between eagle's legs. CPE 283; Svoronos 567, pl.xiii, 9; SNG Copenhagen 107-8; BMC 7-9; Noeske -. Very Fine.(13.62gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2764
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Obol. Struck circa 290-282 BC. Alexandreia mint. Pre-Reform, Series 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of the deified Alexander to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram of XA to left. CPE B43; Svoronos 235; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen 54-5; Noeske 33. 7.41gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; AΓ monogram and grain ear in opposite sunken quarters. McClean 4089; HGC 3.2, 1437. 2.12gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, John Hyrkanos I (Yehohanan) AE 12mm. 135-104 BC. Jerusalem mint. In the name of Seleukid king Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Crested helmet to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, aphlaston. Meshorer p. 30; Hendin 6166; SC 2122; HGC 9, 1111. 1.91gr, 12mm,12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
