Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3249 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $300
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EGYPT, Kingdom of, Ptolemy V, (204-180 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (14.060 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. head of Ptolemy to right with aegis, rev. eagle to left, closed wings standinf on thunderbolt, around **PTOLOMAIOU BASILEWS*, (S.7856, Sv. 1231, SNG Cop.244-5); Sassanian king, Khusru I, (A.D. 531-579), silver drachm, (3.994 grams), KR = Kirman mint, year 4, (Sellwood 54, Gobl 196, M/1028-9); Cappadocia, Caesarea, Severus Alexander, (A.D. 222-235) AE 34, (25.6 grams), issued 224, obv. laureate bust right, with sceptre, around AY K CEOYH A**LEXAND*, rev. emperor in toga holding patera to right, in quadriga, above horses Mt.Argaeus, around MHTPO **PO KAI*[CAPIAC, in exergue NEWKO/ET**G*, (Syd.546, BMC 302). Very good - good very fine the last a rare type.
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