Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 960

Price realized: 55 GBP   (Approx. 70 USD / 64 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, temp. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) Æ 11mm. Uncertain mint on Cyprus(?), circa 145-116 BC. Head of female (Aphrodite or Arsinoe III?) to right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ], double cornucopiae tied with fillets. Svoronos 1160 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen 648. 1.76g, 11mm, 2h.

Near Very Fine.

From the Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection, collector's ticket included;
Privately purchased from Lennox Gallery, January 1996.

Catharine Lorber has suggested that the usual attribution to Ptolemy IV is too early due to numerous examples of this type found in the excavations at Nea Paphos which indicates that the issue was later, possibly 2nd-1st century BC.

Estimate: 30 GBP

Match 1:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 114Auction date: 23 November 2023
Lot number: 484

Price realized: 320 GBP   (Approx. 399 USD / 367 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, temp. Ptolemy III Euergetes - Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) Æ Chalkous. Kyrene, 246-116 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / Draped bust of Libya to right, wearing tainia; cornucopiae below chin. CPE B488; Svoronos 873 (Ptolemy II); SNG Copenhagen 445 (Ptolemy III); CNG E-262, 171. 1.00g, 13mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Very Rare.

Estimate: 50 GBP

Match 2:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 114Auction date: 23 November 2023
Lot number: 492

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, temp. Ptolemy VIII - Kleopatra VII Æ 13mm. Paphos, mid 2nd-1st centuries BC. Draped bust of Aphrodite to right, wearing stephanos / [ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ], filleted cornucopiae. Svoronos 1161; SNG Copenhagen 649-50 (Ptolemy IV); Paphos II 60-158 (Ptolemy IV); cf. CNG E-491, 136 for attribution. 2.58g, 13mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 99, 7 July 2022, lot 492.

Estimate: 50 GBP

Match 3:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115Auction date: 21 December 2023
Lot number: 434

Price realized: 160 GBP   (Approx. 203 USD / 185 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, temp. Ptolemy VIII - Kleopatra VII Æ 10mm. Paphos, mid 2nd-1st centuries BC. Draped bust of Aphrodite to right, wearing stephanos / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, filleted cornucopiae. Svoronos 1161; SNG Copenhagen 649-50 (Ptolemy IV); Paphos II 60-158 (Ptolemy IV); cf. CNG E-491, 136 for attribution. 1.00g, 10mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Estimate: 50 GBP

Match 4:
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 198 | SilverAuction date: 25 February 2024
Lot number: 146

Price realized: 300 EUR   (Approx. 324 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Alexandreia. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physkon 170-116 BC. Dated RY 31=140/39 BC
Tetradrachm AR

26 mm, 13,69 g

Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LΛA (date) in left field, ΠA to right.

Nearly Extremely Fine

Svoronos 1504; Olivier 4481–92; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 54.





Starting price: 50 EUR

Match 5:
Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 198 | SilverAuction date: 25 February 2024
Lot number: 147

Price realized: 260 EUR   (Approx. 281 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Kition. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physkon 170-116 BC. Dated RY 29=142/1 BC
Tetradrachm AR

25 mm, 13,05 g

Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LKΘ (date) in left field, KI to right.

Good Very Fine

Svoronos 1578; Olivier 1272–5 (obv. die D248); SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 53.





Starting price: 50 EUR