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LOT 2770
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 35 (136/5 BC). Salamis mint.
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L ΛE (date) to left, ΣΛ to right. CPE II 1389; Svoronos 1547, pl.liii, 16; SNG Copenhagen -. Good Fine. Very rare; only one example on CoinArchives (cgb.fr, Mail Bid Sale 36, 23 October 2008, 270).(10.73gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2770
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE 4 Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Macedonian shield with decorated edge / [BAΣI]ΛEΩΣ HPΩΔ[OY], crested helmet; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. Meshorer 45; Hendin 1170; HGC 10, 652; DCA 805. 3.77gr, 19mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Dynasts of Lykia. Uncertain dynast AR Third Stater or Tetrobol. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Forepart of goat or horse to left / Triskeles within incuse square. Traité -; Müseler -; Vismara -. 2.87gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right, below, Π. SNG ANS 944. 7.40gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
