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LOT 3404
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 21 (61/0 BC). Alexandreia mint.
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, L KA (date), ΠA to right. Svoronos 1868 (Kleopatra VII); CPE II 1684; SNG Copenhagen 391; DCA2 1149. Near Very Fine. Toned.(13,81gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3404
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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