1362 1363 1364 1362. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 225-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.69 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Jugate busts of Zeus-Sarapis, laureate and draped, and Isis, wreathed and draped right; small cap of Osiris above Sarapis, globe and horns above Isis / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, ΔI between legs. Svoronos 1124; SNG Copenhagen 197-8; Noeske 139; Boston MFA 2284. Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, minor porosity, light cleaning marks under tone. ($750) 1363. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol - 80 Drachmai (25mm, 17.11 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right. Svoronos 1871; Weiser 183; SNG Copenhagen 419-21; Noeske 380-2; Boston MFA 2304; B. Andreae & K. Rhein, Kleopatra und die Caesaren. Katalog einer Ausstellung des Bucerius Kunst Forums, Hamburg (Munich, 2006), no. x = S. Walker & P. Higgs, Cleopatra of Egypt, from history to myth (London, 2001), no. 182 (this coin). Near VF, tan patina, area of flat strike on reverse. ($500) From the Guy Weill Goudchaux Collection.
1364. PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ 22mm (5.66 g, 12h). Orthoseia mint. Dated RY 2 (36/35 BC). Diademed and draped bust right; c/m: X in incuse square to left / Baal of Orthoseia right in biga drawn by griffins; LB (date) to left. RPC 4501 corr. (c/m not noted in description; same obv. die as illustrated coin); SNG Copenhagen 174 var. (date); CNG 63, lot 1083 (same dies). VF, green patina, areas of roughness. Rare. ($1000) From the Guy Weill Goudchaux Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 72 (14 June 2006), lot 998.
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1365. BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I. Circa 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.03 g, 12h). Mint B (‘Bactra’). Struck circa 215-210 BC. Diademed head, with middle-aged features, right / Herakles seated left on lion skin draped over rock, holding club set on rock beside knee; monogram to right of rock. Kritt B13; Bopearachchi 9A; SNG ANS 136. Good VF, areas of light porosity. ($500) Ex Ponterio 145 (11 January 2008), lot 222.
1366. BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos II. Circa 185-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / Herakles standing facing, holding wreath in extended hand, cradling club in arm draped with lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 1D; Bopearachchi & Rahman -; SNG ANS 217-8. Good VF, a few field marks. ($500) 77