LOT 2873
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. 145-116 BC.
Alexandria mint. Dated RY 50 (121/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L N (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1524; SNG Copenhagen -; DCA 54. Near Very Fine.(12.69gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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LOT 2873
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Nabataea, Malichos I AE 16mm. Circa 59/8-30 BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Petra mint. Dated RY 27(?) (33/2 BC). Diademed head to right / Palm of hand; “Malichos the king. King of the Nabataeans" around, ''Year 27(?)" (date) in Aramaic across field. Cf. CN 14b; DCA 966; HGC 10, 685. 3.45gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Incuse square punch. Kim & Kroll pp. 84-103; SNG Kayhan 354. 0.18gr, 5mm.
Extremely Fine. Toned with hints of golden iridescence.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H]-F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.72gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
