LOT 2875
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. 145-116 BC.
Salamis mint. Dated RY 37 (134/3 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; transverse sceptre in background, L ΛZ (date) to left, ΣA to right. Svoronos 1550; BMC 27; SNG Copenhagen -. Near Very Fine. Very rare date. No other examples on CoinArchives.(11.52gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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LOT 2875
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Phoenicia, Berytos AE 20mm. Circa 87/6-82/1 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Turreted bust of Tyche to right / Baal-Berit (Poseidon) in cart drawn by four hippocamps to right, holding phiale and trident; to right, monogram(?) above BH. Cf. HGC 10, 108. 5.59gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater. Circa 410-375 BC.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to right / ΚΕΛΕΝ, goat kneeling to left, head to right; all within shallow incuse circle. Casabonne Type 4; Celenderis -; SNG BnF 75 = Traité II, 1477. 10.75gr, 20mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1993. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. Prow to left; H-P-ധ anticlockwise around / ЄΘ[N] within wreath. RPC I 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. 1.15gr, 15mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
