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LOT 2767
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AR Didrachm. Circa after 174 BC. Alexandreia mint.
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; no control marks. CPE II 1118; Svoronos 1490 (Ptolemy VIII); SNG Copenhagen -; Noeske 194. Near Very Fine. Rare.(6.47gr, 20mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2767
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AR Didrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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