LOT 3286
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE 26mm. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 7B.
Head of Isis to right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with open wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 1384 (Ptolemy VI and Kleopatra I as Regent); SNG Copenhagen 279-87 (Ptolemy VI and Kleopatra I as Regent). Near Very Fine.(14.10gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3286
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE 26mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 14mm. Attributed to years 2-24 (8/7 BC-AD 15/16). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head to right; [letter] to right / Bell shaped object with five fringes; ['Hagra'] in Aramaic below. Meshorer, Nabataea 87; CN, Type 149a. 1.78gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II AE. c.275-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Wreathed head of Kore left / bull butting left, club above, IE below. CNS II, 191; SNG ANS 591-2; HGC 2, 1469. 6.08gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H?]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.42gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
