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(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Pamphylia, Side AE 15mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / Pomegranate. SNG BnF 770. 3.26gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Lebedos AE 12mm. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΛEBEΔIΩ], prow to left / Cow standing to left, head turned to right towards calf suckling to right below; above, spearhead to right. Imhoof-Blumer, Antike griechische Münzen, in: SNG XIX (1913), p. 38, 108 corr. (legend); Lindgren III 1644 corr. (misdescribed as Leukas) = Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 21 (2007), 790 corr. (as 'incert'). 1.29gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare smalll denomination of Lebedos.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Sanaos AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
ΑΠΟΛ- (Apol-), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΑΝΑΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΛ, tripod flanked by two laurel branches. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 286, 1; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 856-8. 3.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Sanaos was probably located on the northern coast of the salt Lake Anava, on the eastern road between Apamea and Laodicea.
