| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 128 Price realized: 375 USD (Approx. 345 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. temp. Ptolemy V to Kleopatra VII. Late 3rd-1st centuries BC. Æ (9.5mm, 0.69 g, 12h). Uncertain mint on Cyprus. Vertical winged thunderbolt / Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1246 var. (cornucopia on shoulder of eagle); SNG Copenhagen –; Paphos Hoard II 170–2. Dark green patina, a little off center. Good VF. Exceptional, and very rare. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 557 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 130 Price realized: 190 USD (Approx. 175 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. temp. Ptolemy VIII to Kleopatra VII. Mid 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ (12.5mm, 1.83 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephanos / Diademed cornucopia. Svoronos 1161; SNG Copenhagen 649–50 (Ptolemy IV); Paphos Hoard II 60–158 (Ptolemy IV). Dark green patina, slight roughness, weakly struck on reverse. VF. This issue has traditionally been attributed to the reign of Ptolemy IV, under the belief that the obverse bore a portrait of Arsinoë III. M. Kreuzer, in his book The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII and Augustus in Cyprus, asserted that the portrait was actually that of Kleopatra, and that the coins were struck on Cyprus. While the sizable number of these coins found in the Paphos excavations support their assignment to that mint, the identification of the portrait as Kleopatra was speculative. Cathy Lorber will address this issue in a chapter in the forthcoming Part II of her corpus on Ptolemaic coinage. There, she argues that the obverse cannot be a portrait of any Ptolemaic personage, but rather the portrait of the goddess Aphrodite. She also notes that the find data suggests a much later date than Ptolemy IV, in the mid 2nd to 1st centuries BC. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 290 Price realized: 90 USD (Approx. 85 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. temp. Ptolemy VIII to Kleopatra VII. Mid 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ (10.5mm, 1.44 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephanos / Diademed cornucopia. Svoronos 1161; SNG Copenhagen 649–50 (Ptolemy IV); Paphos II 60–158 (Ptolemy IV). Earthen dark green patina, some weakness to strike. VF. From the Mars Collection. Ex Agora Auctions 101 (20 July 2021), lot 218; Neptune Numismatics inventory (ND). Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 562 | Auction date: 15 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 220 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. temp. Ptolemy VIII to Kleopatra VII. Mid 2nd-1st centuries BC. Æ (12mm, 1.95 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane / Diademed cornucopia. Svoronos 1161; SNG Copenhagen 649–50 (Ptolemy IV); Paphos II 60–158 (Ptolemy IV). Earthen dark green patina, minor deposits, some weakness to strike. Near VF. From the Mars Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 562 | Auction date: 15 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 221 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. temp. Ptolemy IX – Ptolemy XI. Late 2nd-early 1st centuries BC. Æ (23mm, 6.31 g, 1h). Uncertain mint on Cyprus. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; star to left. Svoronos (Appendix) 1242a; SNG Copenhagen 677. Dark green patina, some earthen deposits. Good VF. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 562 | Auction date: 15 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 222 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. temp. Ptolemy IX – Ptolemy XI. Late 2nd-early 1st centuries BC. Æ (25mm, 7.42 g, 1h). Uncertain mint on Cyprus. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia / Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; aphlaston to left. Svoronos 1813; SNG Copenhagen 676. Earthen dark green patina, irregular flan, some roughness, tiny void on reverse. Good VF. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
