Triton XXII, Lot: 429. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3250. 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 (27mm, 20.27 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / BACIΛICHC (
sic) [KΛEOΠ]ATPAC, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419–21; BMC 4–5; Noske 382; Weiser 183. Good VF, green and brown patina. Outstanding portrait for issue.
From the collection of a Northern California Gentleman, purchased from Frank Kovacs, August 1997.