Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 32Auction date: 7 December 2024
Lot number: 865

Price realized: 190 CHF   (Approx. 217 USD / 205 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, 305-282 BC. Tetradrachm of 25 Obols (Silver, 28 mm, 14.25 g, 12 h), Alexandria, after 294. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck; small Δ behind ear. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in field to left, monogram above Δ. CPE 192. SNG Copenhagen 64. Svoronos 241. Banker's marks and numerous scratches and graffiti, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of a Cosmopolitan, acquired before 2005.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 1:
Nomos AG > Auction 34Auction date: 13 October 2024
Lot number: 129

Price realized: 1,600 CHF   (Approx. 1,866 USD / 1,705 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, 305-282 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 14.17 g, 1 h), signed by Δ..., Alexandria, 294-282. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around his neck; within his hair behind his ear, tiny Δ. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram of ΧΑ. CPE 142. Svoronos 264. With a fine portrait, attractively toned. Minor countermark on the obverse and graffito of an Μ on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.
Property of a Late Collector, and from that of A. Trampitsch (1893-1975), Vinchon, Monaco, 13 November 1986, 263.

Estimate: 400 CHF

Match 2:
Nomos AG > Auction 34Auction date: 13 October 2024
Lot number: 126

Price realized: 120,000 CHF   (Approx. 139,958 USD / 127,894 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, 323-305 BC. Stater (Gold, 15.5 mm, 8.53 g, 12 h), Alexandria, c. 312. Diademed head of Alexander III to right, wearing elephant's scalp headdress and an aegis, and with the horn of Ammon over his ear. Rev. Prow of galley to right, with the waves of the sea along the hull below the ram, adorned with a large and elongated apotropaic eye (oculus) at the base of the figure head and an ovoid eye below the wales on the side of the ship and above the ram (embolus). CPE 38. Gulbenkian 1071 = Jameson 999. Svoronos 25. Servos 87. Of great rarity, one of only two examples in private hands out of the fewer than half a dozen examples known. A coin of great interest, historic importance and fine style. Minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.
Property of a Late Collector, ex Bank Leu 33, 3 May 1983, 447.

This is one of the greatest rarities of Ptolemaic coinage, and it celebrates Ptolemy I's use of Alexander's figure as a badge of legitimacy. As is well-known, Ptolemy arranged to capture Alexander's body in 322, when it was in Syria on the way to Macedonia. It was soon placed in a great tomb in Alexandria where it remained until at least the 3rd century AD (though there are reports of it having been seen in the 9th and 10th centuries). This coin bears the typically Ptolemaic portrait of Alexander with the elephant's skin headdress, and with a prow on the reverse. The portrait itself is remarkably evocative with the visage of a human who is also divine. The reason for this coin's issuance is probably that of the final transfer of the capital of Egypt from Memphis to Alexandria: the portrait refers to the city's eponym and the prow its function as the main base for the Ptolemaic fleet.

Estimate: 100000 CHF

Match 3:
Nomos AG > Auction 34Auction date: 13 October 2024
Lot number: 127

Price realized: 17,000 CHF   (Approx. 19,827 USD / 18,118 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, 305-282 BC. Pentadrachm (Gold, 24 mm, 17.95 g, 12 h), signed by Δ..., Alexandria, c. 294-285. Bust of Ptolemy I to right, wearing diadem and aegis around his neck; behind ear, small Δ. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle with closed wings standing left on a thunder¬bolt; to left, monogram of ΠAP. CPE 166. Dewing 2740. Svoronos 210, pl vii, 7. With a bold portrait in high relief. Very minor marks and traces of die rust on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.
Property of a Late Collector, ex Bank Leu 36, 7 May 1985, 204.

Estimate: 7500 CHF

Match 4:
Nomos AG > Auction 34Auction date: 13 October 2024
Lot number: 128

Price realized: 4,600 CHF   (Approx. 5,365 USD / 4,903 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, 305-282 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30.5 mm, 14.82 g, 12 h), signed by Δ..., Alexandria, 300-285 BC. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around his neck; within his hair behind his ear, tiny Δ. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram of ΧΑ. CPE 141. SNG Copenhagen 49. Svoronos 234. Beautifully toned and well-struck on a broad flan. Very minor flan crack and minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.
Property of a Late Collector, and from the collection of the New Jersey collector H. C. Hines (1856-1946), Hess - Leu 24, 16 April 1964, 253.

Estimate: 1500 CHF

Match 5:
Nomos AG > obolos 33Auction date: 8 September 2024
Lot number: 724

Price realized: 150 CHF   (Approx. 178 USD / 160 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 12.51 g, 12 h), Sidon, regnal year 20 = 266/5. Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck. Rev. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΩTHPOΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in left field, ΣI above ΔI; in right field, K (date). CPE 506A. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos -. Extremely rare. Lightly toned. Somewhat porous, otherwise, very fine.


Starting price: 100 CHF