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LOT 2771
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 33 (138/7 BC). Kition mint.
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L ΛΓ (date) to left, KI to right. CPE II 1432; Svoronos 1585, pl.lv 11 (ΑΓ instead of ΛΓ); SNG Copenhagen 600; DCA 54. Near Very Fine.(11.31gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2771
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 14mm. Struck circa AD 17/8-39/40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aretas, in military attire, standing facing, head to left, holding spear and sword; palm frond to left, [het (in Nabataean) to upper right] / Shaqilat, veiled, standing to left, raising hand; wreath to left. CN 187d; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 97. 2.70gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ilyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 3rd-1st century BC. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; blundered legend above, ornament behind / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; blundered legend around. For prototype cf. HGC 3, 40. 2.90gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Two Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Poppy on stalk / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΗΡΩΔΟΥ, winged kerykeion; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. RPC I, 4903; Meshorer 46; Hendin 6206; HGC 10, 653. 1.49gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
