348, Lot: 121. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.86 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 9 (44/3 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I(?) right, wearing aegis / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; LΘ (date) over headdress of Isis to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1823 (Ptolemy XIII); SNG Copenhagen 403; Noeske 365-6 (with Ptolemy XV); DCA 70. VF, toned, light roughness.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 146.

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 The first of Cathy’s books on the Ptolemaic coinage, which will supplant the long outdated Svoronos, is imminently forthcoming, and we would like to thank her for reviewing this special offering.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.