Lot description:
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy X Alexander I AR Tetradrachm. Alexandria, dated RY 18 = 97/6 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; L IH (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1678; SNG Copenhagen 367; Olivier & Faucher, Paphos Hoard I 1246-1249; DCA 68. 14.10g, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine; areas of flat strike.
From the Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Morton & Eden, Auction 6, 11 December 2003, lot 78 (part of).
Estimate: 75 GBP | |