LOT 3088
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Drachm. 222-205/4 BC. Alexandreia mint.
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, Σ(?) between legs. Cf. CPE B497; cf. Svoronos 992. Near Very Fine.(54.38gr, 41mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3088
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various mints and dates. 15.90gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrachm. As satrap, 323-305 BC. Byblos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; B in left field, OI beneath throne. Price 3420 (Berytos mint); HGC 10, 1003 (Berytos mint). 15.68gr, 27mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left. Schönert-Geiss 1276-82; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.54gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
