376, Lot: 278. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII. 116-51 BC. Æ (14mm, 2.79 g, 12h). Uncertain mint, perhaps a local imitation. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, A(?) behind. Svoronos 1917 (Kleopatra VII with Ptolemy XIV-XVI); Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen 695-6 (Barbarian Imitations); Noeske –. VF, dark brown surfaces with touches of green and red. Crude execution with the casting sprues still present.
Ex Christopher Blom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 152, 15 November 2006), lot 146.