LOT 3285
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE Obol. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. Cyprus mint.
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; lotus flower in left field, EYΛ between legs; c/m: Seleukid anchor within rectangular incuse. Svoronos 1398 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); Lorber, Lotus Series VI.3; Weiser 152 (Ptolemy VI with Eulaios); SNG Copenhagen 294; Noeske -. Good Very Fine.(15.56gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3285
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE Obol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ, Athena seated to left on throne, leaning her left elbow on her shield decorated with lion's head and holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her outstretched right hand, behind, transverse spear with point below left; in the outer left field, torch, in inner left field, monogram of ΠYP. Müller 443a var. (slightly differing monogram); Thompson 115. 16.81gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning. Well-centred.
Ex collection of Georges Müller, numismatist. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 16mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 2.28gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Scythian, Imitative of Eukratides I AR Tetradrachm. c.130-80 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet, within bead-and-reel border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches, monogram IA in lower right field. HGC 12, 150. 14.54gr, 34mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Contemporary plugged hole.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
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