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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South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £42
'Bucranium Series'. Diademed male head to left; curved symbol of Almaqah to left, symbol of Athtar to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above / Head of antelope facing; monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above. CAF 2.2i; Huth 302-3; SNG ANS 1503-13. 2.55gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 & unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 26. 5.51gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. Second half of 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two hoplites holding shields standing in Phoenician pentekonter rowing to left; hippocamp to left below / Lion to left attacking bull to left. Cf. Betlyon 21 (Addirmilk & Iyyenael); cf. SNG Copenhagen 134. 0.79gr, 11mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
