Keystone Auction 8
Date: 2022-08-23 00:00:00
Lots: 330
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). Restored, 55-51 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 13.30 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 27 (55/4 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; L KZ (date) over headdress of Isis to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1836; SNG Copenhagen 394. Original hoard patina, minor deposits and cleaning scratches. Near EF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). Restored, 55-51 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.21 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 29 (53/2 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; L KΘ (date) over headdress of Isis to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1839; SNG Copenhagen 396. Toned, surface cracks, minor pitting and deposits. Near VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.44 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 9 (44/3 BC). Diademed bust of Ptolemy I(?) right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt, palm frond over shoulder; LΘ (date) over headdress of Isis to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1823 (Ptolemy XIII); SNG Copenhagen 403. Light golden toning, some original find patina, porosity. Fine. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (26mm, 17.77 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419–21. Porous red-brown patina. Near Fine. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (25.5mm, 14.03 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419–21. Porous tan and brown patina. Near Fine. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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CAMPANIA, Capua. 216-211 BC. Æ As (32.5mm, 20.66 g, 7h). Laureate head of Jupiter right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings spread. Campana, Monete 33; Giard, Monnaie 28; HN Italy 503. Red-brown patina, roughness. Near Fine. Rare. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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CYPRUS, Paphus. Roman Rule. Mid 1st century BC. Æ Dichalkon(?) (18mm, 3.03 g, 11h). Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Zeus Salaminios(?) standing left, holding scepter and grain ears. Svoronos –; Zapiti & Michaelidou 69 (Cleopatra VII?); Nicolaou Paphos II 469-509; Cox Curium 128; BMC Pl. LXXXI, 2. Dark brown patina with orange earthen highlights, casting sprues. Good Fine. From the Ken Bressett Collection.According to Cathy Lorber: "This variety seems more likely to belong to the interlude of Roman rule of Cyprus after the suicide of Ptolemy of Cyprus. That would explain the lack of a legend naming a Ptolemaic king."
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CYRENAICA, Cyrene. Mark Antony and Cleopatra. 31 BC. Æ (26.5mm, 11.08 g, 12h). BACIΛ/ ΘЄA/ NЄ, legend in three lines / ANTΩ/ YΠA/ Γ, legend in three lines. Asolati 158; RPC I 924; Svoronos 1899. Porous red-brown patina, flan crack, off center. Fine. Rare. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. Cast "AR Tetradrachm" (29mm, 10.52 g, 12h). Derived from a British Museum electrotype ([R] R on edge). Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck / Athena Alkidemos advancing right; to right, HP monogram, Corinthian helmet right, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Head, Guide, –; GPCG –; cf. CPE 65 (for prototype). Red-brown patina with golden toning, scratches, edge marks. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305/4 BC. Cast "AR Tetradrachm" (29mm, 12.12 g, 12h). Derived from a British Museum electrotype (R R on edge). Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin, aegis around neck / Athena Alkidemos advancing right, monogram in left and right field; to right, eagle standing right on thunderbolt. Head, Guide, –; GPCG –; cf. CPE 89 (for prototype). Brown patina with golden toning, scratches, edge marks. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. Cast "AR Tetradrachm" (28mm, 13.99 g, 12h). Derived from uncertain electrotype. Diademed bust right, wearing aegis around neck; tiny Δ behind ear / Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt; to left, P above monogram. Head, Guide, –; GPCG –; cf. CPE 168 (for prototype). Deep old cabinet tone, minor scrapes in reverse field, edge marks. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. 285-246 BC. Cast "AV Half Mnaieion or Tetradrachm" (27mm, 9.42 g, 11h). Derived from uncertain electrotype (COPY on edge). Conjoined busts of Ptolemy II, diademed and draped, and Arsinöe II, diademed and veiled, right / Coinjoined busts of Ptolemy I, diademed and draped, and Berenike, diademed and veiled, right. Head, Guide, –; GPCG pl. 33, 21 (for prototype); cf. CPE 314 (for prototype). Golden toning, deposits, scratches, edge marks. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. Cast "AR Dekadrachm" (34mm, 21.02 g, 12h). Derived from a British Museum electrotype (R R on edge). Diademed and veiled head right; lotus scepter in background; BB to left / Double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Head, Guide, –; GPCG pl. 34, 25 (this coin illustrated); cf. CPE 344 (for prototype). Dark brown patina, minor scratches, edge marks. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinöe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. Cast "AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm" (27mm, 12.66 g, 12h). Derived from uncertain electrotype (COPY on edge). Diademed and veiled head right; K to left / Double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Head, Guide, –; GPCG –; cf. CPE 390 (for prototype). Toned, multiple flan cracks. VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Berenike II, wife of Ptolemy III. Circa 246-222 BC. Cast "AV Mnaieion – Oktadrachm" (27mm, 13.01 g, 1h). Derived from a British Museum electrotype (COPY on edge). Veiled and draped bust right / Cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet; to left, bee right. Head, Guide, Period V.A., 31; cf. GPCG pl. 33, 23 (this coin); cf. CPE 777 (for prototype). Pierced, scratches, lightly toned. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Cast "AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm" (27mm, 11.37 g, 12h). Derived from uncertain electrotype (COPY on edge). Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / Radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. Head, Guide, –; GPCG –; cf. CPE 888 (for prototype). Deposits, scratches. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Cast "AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm" (26.5mm, 10.69 g, 11h). Derived from a British Museum electrotype (R R on edge). Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle with closed wings, standing right on thunderbolt, monogram to right. Head, Guide, –; GPCG pl. 34, 26; cf. CPE 894 (for prototype). Lightly toned, minor marks and scratches. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Cast "AR Tetradrachm" (26mm, 11.38 g, 11h). Derived from uncertain electrotype (COPY on edge). Jugate draped busts right of Serapis, wearing laurel wreath with small atef crown above his forehead, and Isis, wearing grain ear wreath with miniature horned disc above her forehead / Eagle standing left, head right, with wings closed, on thunderbolt; filleted double cornucopia over shoulder. Head, Guide, –; GPCG –; cf. CPE 934 (for prototype). Toned, scrape on obverse. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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REPRODUCTIONS, PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos (Auletes). 80-58 BC. Cast "AR Tetradrachm" (25mm, 14.31 g, 12h). Derived from a British Museum electrotype (R R on edge). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; L IH (date) to left, ΠA to right. Head, Guide, –; GPCG –; cf. Svoronos 1865 (for prototype). Irregular toning, flan crack on reverse. Good VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection.
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Anastasius I. 491-518. Æ Follis (37mm, 17.06 g, 6h). Post-reform coinage. Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 498-518. D N ANASTA SIVS P P AVC, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large M (mark of value); star to left and right, cross above, A below; CON. DOC I 23a; MIBE 27; SB 19. Dark green patina, a few minor flan flaws. VF. From the Ken Bressett Collection. Ex Roy Miller 1978 @ $35.
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Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Half Follis (31mm, 11.19 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Dated RY 12 (538/539 AD). D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large K; cross above, ANNO XII across field; Є. DOC I 62d; MIB I 96; SB 165. Dark brown patina. VF . From the Ken Bressett Collection. Ex Bill Higgie 1988 @ $25.