LOT 3322
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor & Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE Diobol(?). 170-163 BC. Alexandria mint. Coregency issue.
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae in left field. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI). Near Very Fine.(20.14gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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LOT 3322
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor & Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE Diobol(?).
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Islands off Thessaly, Skiathos AE 13mm. Circa 350-344 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head to left, wearing taenia / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; herm to inner left. HGC 6, 414. 2.12gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 13mm. 281-261 BC. Smyrna, Sardes, or Magnesia on Mt. Sipylus mint.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena facing / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; [monogram to outer left?]. Cf. SC 315a and 320; HGC 9, 193 corr. (also SC 315). 2.14gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. 121-110 BC. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed and radiate head to right / [B]AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ANTIOX[OY EΠIΦANOYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing, date and symbols off flan/obscured. Cf. SC 2300.2; HGC 9, 1212; DCA 279. 4.96gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 522. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
