Rare Gaza Mint Tetradrachm – Ex Dattari Collection
Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 341. Estimate $2000.
Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.
Sold For $3800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.24 g, 12h). Gaza mint. Dated RY 23 (225/4 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck /
PTOLEMAIOU SWTH[ROS], eagle standing right on thunderbolt; monogram to left; to right,
KG (date) above monogram. Svoronos 821
b = O. Mørkholm, “A Group of Ptolemaic Coins from Phoenicia and Palestine,”
INJ 4 (1980), 4 (this coin); otherwise unpublished. EF, attractive even gray toning with slight iridescence around the devices. Extremely rare, one of only five known to Mørkholm.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen XXV (19 March 1960), lot 529; Giovanni Dattari Collection.
