Auction 121 - Session 2
Date: 2022-10-06 00:00:00
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 583
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. 305/4-282 BC. AV Hemistater (14mm, 4.26 g, 1h). In the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Kyrene mint; Euphris, magistrate. Struck circa 311–300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / [Π]TOΛEMAIOY, Nike advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; wheel to outer left, EY-ΦPI flanking feet. CPE 261 corr. (magistrate's name); Svoronos 63 corr. (wheel not noted) = Mørkholm, Cyrene 9 = Naville 129b = BMC Cyrenaica 170d (same dies); Svoronos 64 corr. (magistrate's name) = Mørkholm, Cyrene 8 = Naville 129a = BMC Cyrenaica 170c (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –. In NGC encapsulation 6159335-002, graded Ch AU★, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5, die shift. Extremely rare, only two published, both in museum collections (Athens, The Hague); none in CoinArchives.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 584
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AR Dekadrachm (33.5mm, 34.02 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2-250/49 BC. Diademed and veiled head right; lotus scepter in background; HH to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia bound with fillet. CPE 349; Svoronos 942; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44; SNG Copenhagen –. Lightly toned. NGC photo certification 6156275-003, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5. Ex Sheik Saud Al Thani Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 123, 9 May 2021), lot 897; Harry Alderman Collection (Gemini VIII, with Heritage, 14 April 2011), lot 129.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 585
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaïeion – 'Oktadrachm' (29.5mm, 27.88 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy VI and/or VIII, circa 204-116 BC. Head right with ram's horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background, K to left / APΣINOHΣ ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Olivier Group 7, 3547 (D47/R134 – this coin); Svoronos 1374γ, 1498β–γ, 1499β–γ, and 1841α; SNG Copenhagen 322; BMC 39; Boston MFA 2298; Hermitage Sale II 1577–8. Lustrous, a couple of edge marks, a few scratches. EF. Ex Freeman & Sear inventory G8875 (ND); J. Hirsch XVI (6 December 1906), lot 691.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 586
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Drachm (42.5mm, 72.03 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5B. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs. CPE B395; Svoronos 964; SNG Copenhagen 171–2; Noeske 117–9; Weiser 71. Even dark brown surfaces. EF. An attractive and impressive coin of unusual quality. Ex Sternberg XXIX (30 October 1995), lot 143; M. Jungfleisch Collection (Glendining, with Spink, 11 December 1975), lot 109.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 587
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ Triobol (35mm, 26.61 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5B. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, XP monogram between legs. CPE B396; Svoronos 965; SNG Copenhagen 173–5. Dark green and brown patina, some green encrustation. EF. Boldly struck. From the North River Collection. Ex Chris Blom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 73, 13 September 2006), lot 491.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 588
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (27mm, 27.80 g, 12h). Posthumous issue under Ptolemy IV. Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, radiate and filleted cornucopia; ΔI below. CPE 888; Svoronos 1117; Olivier & Lorber dies 4/17; SNG Copenhagen 196; BMC 103; Boston MFA 2283 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 803; de Luynes 3573 (same dies); Noeske 137. Lustrous, light die rust on obverse. Near EF. Well centered.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 589
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Tetrobol (37.5mm, 45.87 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Series 5E, circa 219-205/4 BC. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / eagle with closed wings standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; ΣE between legs. CPE B503a; Svoronos 1148; SNG Copenhagen 207–9. Glossy red-brown patina, with spots of green. Good VF. Ex Rhakotis Collection, formed in the 1960s–70s (his ticket included).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 590
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AV Mnaieion – 'Oktadrachm' (26.5mm, 27.78 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 210-205/4 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wing standing right on thunderbolt; monogram to right. CPE 894; Svoronos 1139; van Driessche dies D1/R2, a corr. (not obv. die D1) = Hunt I 512 (this coin); SNG Copenhagen –; Adams III 2109; BMC p. 65, 33 = GPCG pl. 34, 26 = Kraay & Hirmer 806; Hunterian 12; de Luynes 3578. Some roughness and scrapes. Good VF. Very rare, only eight examples noted by van Driessche. From the Father & Son Collection, purchased from ArtAncient. Ex collection of a Northern California Gentleman (Triton XXII, 9 January 2019) lot 421; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part I, Sotheby's New York, 19 June 1990), lot 512; Numismatic Fine Arts II (25 March 1976), lot 324; Leu 22 (8 May 1979), lot 177.This issue was previously thought to have been a posthumous coinage struck under Ptolemy V, but CPE now places it late in the reign of Ptolemy IV.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 591
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.18 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 219-217 BC. Jugate draped busts right of Serapis and Isis / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted double cornucopia over shoulder, ΔI between legs. CPE 892; Svoronos 1123–4; Landvatter Group 4, 53 (O13/R43); SNG Copenhagen 197-8; Noeske 139; Boston MFA 2284; SNG Berry 1488; Dewing 2760. Lightly toned. In NGC encapsulation 6057425-017, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5. Ex Heritage 3094 (19 August 2021), lot 34148.This type is thought to have been issued in celebration of the Ptolemaic victory over the Seleukids at the battle of Raphia during the Fourth Syrian War. Official propaganda proclaimed that these two deities, Serapis and Isis, had intervened on behalf of the Egyptians, saving them from defeat (see C. Lorber, "The Ptolemaic Era Coinage Revisited," NC 2007, p. 116, and L. Bricault, "Serapis et Isis, Sauveurs de Ptolémé IV à Raphia," Chronique d'Égypte LXXIV (1999), pp. 334-43).Thomas Landvatter, in his die study cited above that appeared in the 2012 ANS American Journal of Numismatics (Second Series, Vol. 24, p. 88), suggests that this issue was "carrying a very specific ideological message directed more widely throughout the empire: Ptolemy IV was equating himself and his wife Arsinoe with the divine sibling-spouses Serapis and Isis." Landvatter also notes that "[t]his was an ideological statement made during wartime, meant to have wide appeal and explicitly associate the Ptolemaic king and queen with two of the most popular deities in the Eastern Mediterranean." Indeed, the popularity of the Serapis/Isis cult would outlive the Ptolemaic dynasty and continue well into the Roman Imperial period, only to be eventually usurped by the Christian and Muslim faiths.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 592
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.42 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Svoronos 1231; Olivier 3638–9, obv. die D44; SNG Copenhagen 244–5. Attractively toned over lustrous surfaces, a couple of minor marks at edge on reverse. EF. Well centered. From the North River Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (12 February 1997), lot 231; Numismatic Fine Arts XVI (2 December 1985), lot 294.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 593
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy V Epiphanes. 204-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.03 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck circa 202-200 BC. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; NI to right, ΔI between legs. Svoronos 1297; Carlen & Lorber 13 (A30/P4 – this coin); Olivier 2882 (D31/R81); Mørkholm, Portrait, pl. 23, 12 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –. Toned, hairline flan crack, some light scratches. Good VF. From the Weise Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 704.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 594
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 14.25 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; no control marks. Olivier 4094–102 (obv. die D123); Svoronos 1489β (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 262–8. Toned, light graze and small mark on obverse. Superb EF. From the Father & Son Collection, purchased from Kallisto Coins.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 595
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.26 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Dated RY 29 (153/2 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, aegis around neck / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; LKΘ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Olivier 2097–8 (D352/R1181); Svoronos 1441; SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 46. Lightly toned, deposits. EF. High relief portrait of great style. Ex Crédit de la Bourse (19 April 1995), lot 1267.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 596
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). 117/6-108/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.04 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Dated RY 8 (110/09 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; LH (date) to left, ΠΑ to right. Svoronos 1669; Olivier 5565–7 (obv. die D367); SNG Copenhagen 352; DCA 60. Toned, double struck on obverse. Good VF. From the David J. Fleischmann Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 597
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ (21mm, 9.66 g, 12h). Tripolis mint. Dated RY 2 (of Kleopatra in Phoenicia, 36/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Nike, holding wreath and palm, standing right on prow of galley; L B (date) to right. Svoronos 1895 corr. (read as RY 22); Olivier & Aumaître dies D5/R8; RPC I 4510 var. (star on rev.); DCA 726. Earthen dark green surfaces. Near VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 598
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ (19mm, 5.31 g, 12h). Orthoseia mint. Dated RY 2 (of Kleopatra in Phoenicia, 36/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Baal of Orthoseia driving biga drawn by griffins right; LB (date) to left. Svoronos –; Olivier & Aumaître dies D1/R1; RPC I 4501; HGC 10, 210; DCA 600. Earthen dark green surfaces. VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 2 . 599
PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ (17.5mm, 3.29 g, 12h). Chalkis ad Libanon mint. Dually dated RY 21 (Egyptian) and 6 (Phoenician) of Kleopatra (32/1 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Athena advancing right, holding wreath and filleted palm frond, within wreath; [dates in legend]. Svoronos –; Olivier & Aumaître obv. die D14; RPC I 4772; HGC 9, 1452; DCA 477. Earthen dark green-brown patina, some smoothing, light cleaning scratches, off center on reverse. VF.