LOT 2870
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Time of Ptolemy VI to VIII AE 28mm. Circa 180-116 BC.
Alexandria mint. Series 7C. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙ[ΛΕΩΣ], two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VII); Faucher & Lorber Series 7C; SNG Copenhagen 308-10 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). Very Fine.(23.14gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2870
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Time of Ptolemy VI to VIII AE 28mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XIII, 31). 5.45gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; countermark: 50 / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.53gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Various types. 44.58gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
