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.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lesbos, Mytilene AE 13mm. Circa 350-250 BC.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Female head (Mytilene?) to right, with hair in sphendone / Lyre. Cf. HGC 6, 1052. 1.56gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR Stater-Double Siglos. Struck circa 561-546 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size. GRPC Lydia S1; Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018; SNG von Aulock 2874; SNG Copenhagen 455; SNG Ashmolean 760. 10.44gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 13mm. 281-261 BC. Smyrna, Sardes, or Magnesia on Mt. Sipylus mint.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena facing / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; [monogram to outer left?]. Cf. SC 315a and 320; HGC 9, 193 corr. (also SC 315). 2.14gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
