Auction Catalogue

7 October 2003

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1492

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7 October 2003

Hammer Price:
£70

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II, Philadelphos (285-246 BC), Tetradrachm, year 31 [255/4 BC], Ptolemais, diademed head of Ptolemy I right, rev. eagle on thunderbolt, 13.83g/5h (SNG Copenhagen 470; cf. Svoronos 774); Ptolemy V, Epiphanes (204-180 BC), Æ 28, head of Isis right, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, 19.28g/5h (SNG Copenhagen 247; Svoronos 1134) [2]. Fine and better, but first with scratch in obverse field (£60-80)