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LOT 2768
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 28 (143/2 BC). Kition mint.
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis around neck / [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L KH (date) to left, KI to right. CPE II 1423; Svoronos 1577, pl.lv 5; SNG Copenhagen 594; DCA 54. Very Fine.(11.98gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2768
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm 359-336 B.C. Amphipolis mint. Posthumous issue. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠOΥ, nude youth, holding palm frond, on horseback to right; aplustre below, pellet-in-Π beneath raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 18; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; SNG ANS 738-46. Slab: 62 grams, 85 x 60mm
NGC graded AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5 Fine Style (#8221307-001).
Acquired on the UK art market. Ex County Durham collector. Ex private collection, UK. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Forepart of lion to right, head to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and monogram in one sunken quarter, [pellet?] and pentagram in opposite quarter. Cf. CN Online Type 6355; HGC 3, 1437. 2.22gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Anonymous AE 20mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Petra(?) mint. Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; Λ in left field. HGC 10, 671. 5.91gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
