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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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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.66gr, 10mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaios (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
'Yehonatan the King' in paleo-Hebrew between rays of eight-rayed star; all within diadem / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛE[ΞANΔPOY], anchor. Hendin 6189; Meshorer Group K; HGC 10, 637. 2.70gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, struck circa 311-300 BC. Babylon I mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; MI in left field, monogram of MHTP in wreath beneath throne. SC 82.4a; Price 3751; HGC 9, 10f. 17.11gr, 27mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
