LOT 2892
Sicily, Syracuse AR 10 Litrai. Time of Hieronymos, circa 215-214 BC.
Diademed head to left / BAΣIΛEOΣ IEPΩNYMOY, winged thunderbolt; ΑΦ above. HGC 2, 1567. Very Fine.(8.17gr, 22mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap and decorated with crescent / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/5; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 9-12; Alram 565. 1.87gr, 12mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE 19mm. 145-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Kyrene, circa 145-116 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with spread wings standing to left on thunderbolt; ΘΕ to left. Svoronos 1651 (Alexandria); SNG Copenhagen 655-7 (Uncertain mint in Cyprus). 3.53gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) AE Hemiobol(?). 117/6-108/7 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Kyrene mint; struck 116-107 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ, double cornucopiae bound with fillet; Σ over Θ to left, Ω over Ε to right. Svoronos 1718 (Ptolemy X, Alexandria); Weiser 169-70 (Ptolemy IX & X, Alexandria); SNG Copenhagen 678-80 (uncertain mint in Cyprus). 4.25gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
