348, Lot: 125. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GREEK. Egypt & North Africa. Lot of eight (8) early Ptolemaic bronzes. Includes: Svoronos 586 (Alexandreia) // Svoronos 706 (Tyre) // Svoronos 761 (Sidon–2 coins) // Svoronos 974 (Alexandreia, with additional countermark of cornucopia on the reverse) // Svoronos 1007 (Cyprus) // Svoronos 1169 (Alexandreia) // Svoronos 1234 (Alexandreia). Mostly Fine, with varying patinas, several with rough surfaces. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Eight (8) coins in lot.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, nos. 020, 027, 032, 033, 060, 082, 084, and 090.

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 The first of Cathy’s books on the Ptolemaic coinage, which will supplant the long outdated Svoronos, is imminently forthcoming, and we would like to thank her for reviewing this special offering.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