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348, Lot: 94. Estimate $200.
Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon). 145-116 BC. Æ Obol (25mm, 7.91 g, 12h). Cyprus mint. Dated RY 27 (144/3 BC). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; L KZ (date) above lotus to left. Svoronos 1622; Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen 660 var. (date & rev. symbol); Noeske –; DCA 56. EF, dark brown patina with touches of green and red, some light smoothing.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 116.

CNG is pleased to offer a large selection of Ptolemaic coins from the J. P. Righetti Collection. This group of coins is mostly comprised of diverse varieties of bronze issues from the beginning to the end of the Ptolemaic kingdom. The classification of many Ptolemaic bronze issues has been highly debated among numismatists, often with researchers publishing highly divergent attributions to various kings, and also in the naming of the denominations used. For this selection, we generally followed the attributions and denominations given on Dan Wolf’s website, www.ptolemybronze.com, who has been closely working with noted numismatic scholar, Catharine Lorber. The first of Cathy’s books on the Ptolemaic coinage, which will supplant the long outdated Svoronos, is imminently forthcoming, and we would like to thank her for reviewing this special offering. Her conclusions regarding each coin’s issuer, denomination, and mint are followed herein.