LOT 3323
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Time of Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy X AE 40 Drachms-Obol. Circa 113/2–82/1 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 9.
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. CPE B745; Svoronos 1426; SNG Copenhagen 311-4. Very Fine.(8.01gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the London, UK, art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3323
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Time of Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy X AE 40 Drachms-Obol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Ionia, Ephesos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Bee, with spread wings, seen from above / Incuse square punch. Cf. Karwiese Series III. 0.11gr, 5mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Bull butting to right / Upright club; Π-Α-Ρ-Ι across fields, all within wreath. Unpublished in the standard references, cf. BMC 54-56 for similar type. 1.41gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished in the standard references.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Asia Minor, Uncertain mint (or Paphlagonia, Enetoi) AE 18mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion-skin headdress / Monogram of EN containing kerykeion; bow to left, arrow head upwards to right, aphlaston below. Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen II, p. 529, 7 (uncertain mint) var. (arrangement of reverse symbols); J-N. Svoronos, JIAN 8-9 (1905), p. 166, 17, pl. V, 19 (Ennaia or Anaia, Karia). 4.21gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. An extremely rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
