Lot description:
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, temp. Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII Æ 20mm. Alexandria, 116-51 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Faucher & Lorber pp. 46-7, Series 9; Svoronos 1426 (joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 311-4 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). 8.02g, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection, collector's ticket included;
Acquired from Baldwin's, August 1989.
Estimate: 50 GBP | |