Triton XIX, Lot: 332. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (26.5mm, 16.45 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / BACIΛICCHC [KΛEOΠ]ATPAC, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; Weiser 183; SNG Copenhagen 419–21; BMC 4–5; Boston MFA –; Noeske 380–2. Good VF, lovely earthen green patina, usual areas of weak strike. Excellent portrait.