LOT 3319
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Diobol. Circa 246-222 BC. Tyre mint.
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B467; Svoronos 707; SNG Copenhagen -. Very Fine.(22.92gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from Baldwin's, February 1988.
From Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 57, 25 March 2018, lot 82.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3319
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Diobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Cyclades, Karthaia on Keos AE 17mm. Circa late 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Radiate forepart of the dog Seirios to right; KAPΘΑ above, bee below. BMC 44; SNG Copenhagen -; HGC 6, 560. 3.92gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The citizens of Keos watched for the rising of the Seirios ('Dog Star', the brightest star in the night sky) every year from the mountaintops. By observing the appearance of the star, the inhabitants would try to determine whether the island would suffer from epidemics or not. If the star appeared clear and bright, the islanders would experience a healthy year, but if it appeared misty and dull, disease would spread across the island. There was a cult where the inhabitants of Keos tried to guard against the effects of Seirios using rituals. They prayed to Aristaios, the son of Apollo and Kyrene, who was taught both medicine and divination by the Centaur Chiron. He came to the island, built an altar, and ordered the islanders to pray to Zeus for refreshing winds and rains (see Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.518 ff). -
Kings of Commagene, Antiochos III AE Hemichalkon. Circa 12 BC-AD 17. Mopsos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, wreathed head of Artemis to left; below, monogram (?). RPC Online -; Kovacs -, cf. 236 (head of Artemis to right); for another example see Leu Numismatik AG, Web 30, 953 = Obolos 39, 351 (hammer: 608 GBP). 1.09gr, 11mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and the second known example. Of great numismatic interest.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II AE Dichalkon. Dated RY 6 (91/0 BC). Nisibis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Head of Tigranes II to left, wearing four-pointed tiara decorated with star and tied with diadem; to left, c/m: APK within rectangular incuse / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY TIΓPANOY, tree; in inner left and right fields, I ς (date). Kovacs 64. 3.83gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
