Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
Lot number: 241 Price realized: 250 USD (Approx. 233 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. temp. Ptolemy IX – Ptolemy X. Late 2nd - early 1st centuries BC. Æ (29.5mm, 12.02 g, 1h). Uncertain mint on Cyprus. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right; star to upper right / Two eagles, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; transverse scepter in foreground. Svoronos 1876 corr. (star not noted); Paphos II –; Zapiti & Michaelidou –; SNG Copenhagen –; D. Wolf, "A metrological survey of Ptolemaic bronze coins – III.Cyprus 1st and 2nd c. BC" in RBN CLXVI (2020), p. 244, O, and pl. 5, 12. Rough dark brown surfaces, large flan crack. Near VF. Extremely rare, only one in CoinArchives, one noted by Svoronos, four noted by Wolf. Estimate: 200 USD |