Details
LOT 3400
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Tetrobol. 246-222 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 4B.
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, E between legs. CPE B366; Svoronos 974; SNG Copenhagen 224-6 (Ptolemy IV). Very Fine. Pierced for suspension.(46.38gr, 36mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3400
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Tetrobol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
