Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIIAuction date: 14 January 2025
Lot number: 402

Price realized: 3,000 USD   (Approx. 2,942 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.13 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Cyprus. Dated year 102 of an uncertain era (171/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / ΠTOΛEMAIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, eagle with closed wings standing left on winged thunderbolt; BP (date, in monogram form) to left. Svoronos 1208; Olivier 219–23 var. (obv. die unlisted); DCA2 1161; SNG Copenhagen 556 var. (no E); BMC –; Boston MFA –; Noeske –; ANS inv. 1944.100.77215. Attractive even gray tone, with golden hues around the devices. EF. Rare, only five examples noted in Olivier, nine others in CoinArchives.

Ex Lugdunum 23 (14 December 2023), lot 82; Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 290.


Estimate: 1500 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 127Auction date: 17 September 2024
Lot number: 289

Price realized: 3,250 USD   (Approx. 2,921 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.22 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1489; Olivier 3974–5 (obv. die D74); SNG Copenhagen 262–8. Beautiful deep iridescent tone, faint die break in field on obverse. Superb EF. Well struck.


Estimate: 1000 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 576Auction date: 4 December 2024
Lot number: 241

Price realized: 90 USD   (Approx. 86 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. Æ (14mm, 1.81 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 6E. Helmeted head right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. CPE II B642; Svoronos 1156 and 1157; SNG Copenhagen 239 (Ptolemy IV). Dark green and brown surfaces. VF. Rare.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 577Auction date: 18 December 2024
Lot number: 208

Price realized: 250 USD   (Approx. 238 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). 80-58 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.91 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 2 (80/79 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LB (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1848; SNG Copenhagen 377; DCA2 1149. Lightly toned, trace deposits, polished surfaces. VF.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 4:
Nomos AG > obolos 33Auction date: 8 September 2024
Lot number: 731

Price realized: 360 CHF   (Approx. 427 USD / 385 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor, second reign, 163-145 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 20 mm, 6.85 g, 12 h), Uncertain mint in Cyprus, Dated PIZ (117) of uncertain era = 146-145 BC. Diademed bust of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck. Rev. ΠTOΛEMAIOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ Eagle with closed wings standing to left on a thunderbolt, P-IZ across fields, Є between legs. Svoronos 1227-1228. SNG Copenhagen 562 var. (Z). Old cabinet toning. Minor porosity and old collection sticker, otherwise, good very fine.
From a Swiss collection, assembled in the 1960s.

Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 31Auction date: 7 September 2024
Lot number: 711

Price realized: 140 CHF   (Approx. 166 USD / 150 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor, first reign, 180-164 BC. Obol (Bronze, 30 mm, 24.89 g, 12 h), uncertain mint in Cyprus (Paphos?), circa 167-145. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn in his hair and over the diadem. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY Eagle, with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; scepter over shoulder; to left, lotus flower. Lorber, Lotus, Series VII.3. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos 1406. Weiser -. Rare. Minor traces of corrosion and deposits on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of the Swiss-Spanish coin dealer and former Swiss Guard at the Vatican José Truyol, formed since the early 1970s.

Starting price: 50 CHF