Catalog - Auction 309

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King standing l., sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; on l, filleted trident; Rv. Ardoxsho enthroned facing, wearing head adornment, holding filleted garland and cornucopiae; on l., tamgha. Göbl 574. Good extremely fine.

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King r. on horse holding whip and spear; Rv. Zeus standing facing, holding sceptre and thunderbolt; Kharosthi letter to l., monogram above Kharosthi letter to r. Mitchiner 749b. Good extremely fine.

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Diademed bust r., wearing aegis; Rv.ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, quadriga of elephants driven l. by figure of deified Alexander, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; in exergue, three monograms. BMC (Cyrenaica) p. 73 and pl. XXVIII, 6 ff var. (different monogram). Svoronos 147 and pl. V, 4. Very rare. Minor scratches on the obverse, otherwise good very fine.

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Uncertain mint in Sicily. Struck circa 265/4 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right, Rv. ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; Galatian shield to left. CPE B289; Svoronos 610; Wolf & Lorber, 'Alexandrian' Style, P57–71; SNG Copenhagen 114. Green patina. Good extremely fine. Untouched.

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Uncertain mint in Sicily; struck c.ca 264–263 BC. Laureate head of Zeus r.; dotted border; Rv. [ΠTOΛEMAIOY] BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; shield to left, A to lower right; linear border. CPE B297; Svoronos 615; Wolf & Lorber, 'West Greek' Style, H37–H41. Green patina. Near extremely fine.

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Alexandria mint. Diademed and veiled head of the deified Arsinoe II r.; in field l., K; Rv. ΑΡΣIΝΟΗΣ – ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, double cornucopiae filled with fruit and bound with fillets. Svoronos 1498; SNG Copenhagen 322; Boston, MFA 2293. A superb example struck in high relief. Lovely reddish hues on the reverse. Near extremely fine / extremely fine. Ex Inasta n. 100 (24 June 2022), lot 59.