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| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C. |   | This is the largest of Ptolemaic bronze coins! |
| SH57266. Bronze octobol, Svoronos 412, SNG Cop 141, Noeske 63, F, weight 92.336 g, maximum diameter 45.4 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, c. 260 - 246 B.C.; obverse head of Zeus Ammon right; reverse BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left, wings open, head right, no symbol between legs; huge 92 grams, 45 mm coin!; $450.00 (€346.50) |
| Judaea (Yehudah), Ptolemaic Rule, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C. |  | Ptolemy II requested copies of Jewish texts for the Library at Alexandria. There they were translated and transcribed by seventy Jewish scholars hired for the purpose, creating the Septuagint, the oldest Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Many of the oldest Biblical verses among the Dead Sea Scrolls, particularly those in Aramaic, correspond more closely with the Septuagint than with the Hebrew text. |
| JD37184. Silver quarter-ma'ah-obol, Meshorer TJC 32b; Mildenberg Yehud pl. 21, 24; Hendin 1087, VF, off center, weight 0.190 g, maximum diameter 6.73 mm, die axis 45o, obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right; reverse Aramaic inscription on left: YHDH (Yehudah), eagle standing half left on thunderbolt, wings open, head left; $320.00 (€246.40) |
| Judaea (Yehudah), Ptolemaic Rule, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C. |  | Ptolemy II requested copies of Jewish texts for the Library at Alexandria. There they were translated and transcribed by seventy Jewish scholars hired for the purpose, creating the Septuagint, the oldest Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Many of the oldest Biblical verses among the Dead Sea Scrolls, particularly those in Aramaic, correspond more closely with the Septuagint than with the Hebrew text. |
| SH54977. Silver quarter-ma'ah-obol, Meshorer TJC 32; Mildenberg Yehud pl. 21, 24; Hendin 1087, gF, weight 0.192 g, maximum diameter 6.4 mm, die axis 180o, Jerusalem? mint, obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right; reverse eagle standing half left on thunderbolt, wings open, head left, Aramaic YHDH (Yehudah) on left; $270.00 (€207.90) |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C. |  | Ptolemy II was the richest monarch of his age. He encouraged education, commerce, industry, immigration and trade resulting in a prosperous growing economy. His fleet of 112 ships was the most powerful that had ever existed. His splendid court in Alexandria has been compared with the Versailles of Louis XIV. |
| SH56808. Silver tetradrachm, Svoronos 713; SNG Cop 506; Noeske 98; SNG Milan 141, BMC Ptolemies p. 27, 32; Hosking -; Malter -, aVF, toned, weight 13.893 g, maximum diameter 25.9 mm, die axis 0o, Sidon mint, 266 - 265 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis; reverse PTOLEMAIOU SWTHROS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, SI in left field; $250.00 (€192.50) |
| Judaea (Yehudah), Ptolemaic Rule, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C. |  | Ptolemy II requested copies of Jewish texts for the Library at Alexandria. There they were translated and transcribed by seventy Jewish scholars hired for the purpose, creating the Septuagint, the oldest Greek version of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Many of the oldest Biblical verses among the Dead Sea Scrolls, particularly those in Aramaic, correspond more closely with the Septuagint than with the Hebrew text. |
| JD35537. Silver quarter-ma'ah-obol, Meshorer TJC 32; Mildenberg Yehud pl. 21, 24; Hendin 1087, aVF, weight 0.157 g, maximum diameter 6.8 mm, die axis 90o, Jerusalem? mint, obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right; reverse eagle standing half left on thunderbolt, wings open, head left, Aramaic YHDH (Yehudah) on left; $230.00 (€177.10) |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy IV Philopator, 221 - 204 B.C. |  | Ptolemy IV's surname, Philopator, means father lover, ironic since according to some authorities he poisoned his father. Ptolemy IV is a major protagonist of the apocryphal 3 Maccabees, which describes events following the Battle of Raphia, in both Jerusalem and Alexandria. He was a cruel and evil monarch. |
| SH57267. Bronze AE 40, Svoronos 974 (Ptolemy III), SNG Cop 224 - 226, Weiser 91 - 92, Noeske 155 ff., gF, weight 48.620 g, maximum diameter 38.6 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, obverse head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia; reverse PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing half left on fulmen, wings closed, head right, filleted cornucopia right ascending from behind shoulder, E between legs; huge 48 gram bronze; $225.00 (€173.25) |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246 - 222 B.C. |  | Ptolemy III Euergetes promoted the translation of Jewish scriptures into Greek as the Septuagint. Due to a falling out at the Seleucid court, his eldest sister Berenice Phernophorus was murdered along with her infant son. In response he invaded Syria, occupied Antioch and even reached Babylon. This war, the Third Syrian War, is cryptically alluded to in Daniel XI 7-9. |
| GP59593. Bronze hemidrachm, Svoronos 965, SNG Cop 173, aVF, weight 35.130 g, maximum diameter 34.1 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, obverse horned head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia; reverse PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, filleted cornucopia left, chi-rho between eagle's legs; $165.00 (€127.05) |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Berenike II, c. 244 - 221 B.C., Wife of Ptolemy III |  | Berenice II was the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Her first husband was a Macedonian prince, Demetrius the Fair. After he took her mother as a lover, she had him killed in her mother's bedroom. Afterwards she married Ptolemy III. Berenice competed, as a horse owner, in the Olympics and the Nemean Games. Soon after her husband's death, she was murdered at the instigation of her son Ptolemy IV. Nevertheless, for the cult of the newly deified queen he issued a decree requiring that men and women singers were to sing all day in front of her statue. |
GP58540. Bronze AE 12, Svoronos 1057 (Gaza or Joppa), BMC Ptolemies p. 61, 21; Malter 143; SNG Cop -; SNG Milan; Weiser -; Noeske -, VF, weight 1.718 g, maximum diameter 11.6 mm, die axis 90o, Gaza or Joppa mint, c. 244 - 221 B.C.; obverse BEREN BASIL, bust of Queen Berenike II right; reverse PTOL BASIL, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, head left, EU left; rare; $180.00 SALE PRICE $162.00 |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy IV Philopator, 221 - 204 B.C. |  | A massive Ptolemaic bronze! Recently reattributed by C. Lorber as among earlier drachm types of Ptolemy IV. |
| GP41148. Bronze drachm, Svoronos 1126, Weiser 51 (Ptolemy II, 253 - 249 B.C.), SNG Cop 219, SNG Milan 212, Hosking 39, Noeske -, VF, weight 68.707 g, maximum diameter 42.2 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, obverse horned head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia; reverse PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, head left, filleted cornucopia left, LI between legs; $160.00 (€123.20) |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy IV Philopator, 221 - 204 B.C. |  | Ptolemy IV's surname, Philopator, means father lover, ironic since according to some authorities he poisoned his father. Ptolemy IV is a major protagonist of the apocryphal 3 Maccabees, which describes events following the Battle of Raphia, in both Jerusalem and Alexandria. He was a cruel and evil monarch. |
| GP42289. Bronze hemidrachm, SNG Cop 229; Noeske 161, Hosking 44, Weiser 92; Svoronos 974 var (E, Ptolemy III), aVF, weight 44.240 g, maximum diameter 38.9 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, obverse head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia; reverse PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing half left on fulmen, wings closed, head right, filleted cornucopia ascending behind from shoulder, EP monogram between legs; $140.00 (€107.80) |
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