LOT 3962
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 17 (65/4 BC). Alexandria mint.
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L IZ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1864; SNG Copenhagen 388; DCA 69. Very Fine.(13.84gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Spink.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 3962
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes) AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Pisidia, Selge AE 12mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of bearded Herakles to right / CE, winged thunderbolt and bow, all within border of dots. SNG BnF 1979. 2.51gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Anazarbos AE Dichalkon. Struck circa 19 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΝ, plow; monogram above AN(?) to left. Cf. Zeigler 1; cf. SNG Levante 1365; cf. Lindgren I 1420. 7.39gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation(?).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £167
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 4, 1597. 15.41gr, 24mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
