Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 241

Price realized: 250 USD   (Approx. 233 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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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