Numisfitz GmbH > Auction 3Auction date: 3 December 2023
Lot number: 273

Price realized: 700 EUR   (Approx. 764 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS of BITHYNIA. Nikomedes III Euergetes (127-94 BC). Tetradrachm. Nikomedia (year 185 = 107/6 BC).

Obv: Diademed head of Nikomedes II to right.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ.
Zeus Stephanophoros standing left; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram and ΕΠΡ monogram (date).

HGC 7, 645.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Weight: 16,42 g.
Diameter: 32 mm.

Starting price: 250 EUR

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1259

Price realized: 150 CHF   (Approx. 171 USD / 158 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes III Euergetes, 127-94 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.51 g, 12 h), Nikomedeia, CY 184 = 114/3. Diademed head of Nikomedes III to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - EΠIΦANOΥΣ / NIKOMHΔOΥ Zeus standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long scepter in his left; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram and ΔΠΡ (date). De Callataÿ p.55, dies D48/R-. HGC 7, 645. RG p. 230. Harshly cleaned and with some pitting, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 2:
Numisfitz GmbH > Auction 3Auction date: 3 December 2023
Lot number: 272

Price realized: 1,700 EUR   (Approx. 1,854 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


KINGS of BITHYNIA. Nikomedes II Epiphanes (149-127 BC). Tetradrachm. Nikomedia mint (year 166 = 132/1 BC).

Obv: Diademed head right.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ.
Zeus Stephanophoros standing left; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram and ςΞP monogram (date).

HGC 7, 642.

A true masterpiece of Bithynian coinage.

Condition: Extremely fine.

Weight: 17,00 g.
Diameter: 38 mm.

Starting price: 500 EUR

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1817

Price realized: 550 CHF   (Approx. 625 USD / 581 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Drachm (Bronze, 43 mm, 71.28 g, 12 h), Alexandria. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, filleted cornucopiae; between eagle's legs, monogram of XP. CPE B395. SNG Copenhagen 171-172. Svoronos 964. Well preserved and with an attractive chocolate brown patina. Minor deposits, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From the Lucien Birkler Collection, acquired before 2016.

Starting price: 150 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1818

Price realized: 300 CHF   (Approx. 341 USD / 317 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Drachm (Bronze, 41 mm, 72.31 g, 12 h), Alexandria. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, filleted cornucopiae; between eagle's legs, monogram of XP. CPE B392. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos 1002. Rare. Some doubling on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the T. Frisbie Collection and the HLT Collection, Classical Numismatic Group 87, 18 May 2011, 700, ex Rarcoa, 4-6 May 1973, 836.

Starting price: 150 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1819

Price realized: 220 CHF   (Approx. 250 USD / 232 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Drachm (Bronze, 42 mm, 72.22 g, 11 h), Alexandria. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, filleted cornucopiae; between eagle's legs, monogram of XP. CPE B396. SNG Copenhagen 173-5. Svoronos 965. Very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Frank S. Robinson E-Auction 120, 8 February 2023, 25.

Starting price: 50 CHF