Ancient Gold

Sale 84    28–30 Mar 2007   Hotel InterContinental   Sydney

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Lot 1584    Session 6 (9.30am Thursday)    Ancient Gold

Estimate $9,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $10,000

EGYPT, Kingdom of Ptolemy II, (282-246 B.C.), gold tetradrachm, (13.82 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. conjoined busts to right of Ptolemy II diademed and draped and Arsinoe II diademed and veiled, above **ADELFWN*, shield behind, dotted border, rev. conjoined busts to right of Ptolemy I diademed and wearing aegis and Berenike I diademed and veiled, above **QEWN*, dotted border, (S.7790 [Å“1400], Sv.604 [Pl.14, 19-21], SNG Cop. 133, BMC 4-5, Hazzard C1035). Attractive good very fine and rare.

The issue has also been attributed to Ptolemy III (Sear), but more recent scholarship (SNG Cop. and Hazard) places it under Ptolemy II. These coins were valued at fifty silver drachms (Hazard p.105].

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