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LOT 3067
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE 19mm. 145-116 BC.
Kyrene, circa 145-116 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with spread wings standing to left on thunderbolt; ΘΕ to left. Svoronos 1651 (Alexandria); SNG Copenhagen 655-7 (Uncertain mint in Cyprus). Very Fine.(3.53gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3067
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE 19mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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