LOT 3284
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE Obol(?). Struck 180 BC. Alexandria mint.
Head of Isis to right, wearing grain ear wreath / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right, cornucopia over shoulder. Svoronos 1238; cf. SNG Copenhagen 256-259. Near Very Fine.(3.48gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 3284
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE Obol(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Judaea. Hasmoneans, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. Uncertain SE date, 131-129 BCE. Jerusalem mint. In the name of Seleukid king Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Upright anchor; [BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY] to left, [EYEPΓETOY] to right, [date] below / Lily. Sofaer 4-5; TJC p. 30; Hendin GBC 6, 6165; Hendin GBC 5, 1131; SC 2123. 3.01gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sogdiana, Lord King of Bukhara AR Drachm. 6th-8th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Crowned bust right / Fire altar with ribbon flanked by attendants; crowned bust of Bahram right superimposed upon altar. ACW 1550. 3.12g, 26mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Prow to left; [H-P]-ധ anticlockwise around / Є[ΘN] within wreath. RPC I, 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. 1.12gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
