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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Macedon. Roman Republican period, First Meris AR Tetradrachm. Circa 167-149 BC. Amphipolis mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over her shoulder; all at the centre of Macedonian shield ornamented with stars within crescents / MAKEΔONΩN ΠΡΩTHΣ, club to right; above, monogram of ΣΤΡΑΤΗ; below, two monograms of KPT and MET; around, oak wreath with ties to left; to left of the ties, thunderbolt. AMNG III/1, 176; SNG Copenhagen 1314-5; HGC 3, 1103. 16.70gr, 33mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 25, 11 March 2023, lot 416. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Tetradrachm. 261-246 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £55
Diademed head of Antiochos I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; monograms to outer left and right. SC 587.3. 16.49gr, 28mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Klazomenai AE 11mm. Circa 386-301 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΔΙΑΛΛΟΣ (Diallos), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΔIAΛΛOΣ, swan standing to left, with wings spread. Unrecorded magistrate's name. 0.99gr, 11mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished with this magistrate's name.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
