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| Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt |   | |
| RX57415. Bronze drachm, Milne 621; Geissen 551; Dattari 765; Kampmann-Ganschow 27.316; BMC Alexandria p. 61, 510; Emmett 462, Fair, weight 21.827 g, maximum diameter 33.4 mm, die axis 215o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 110 - 28 Aug 111 A.D.; obverse AUT TRAIAN CEB GERM DAKIK, laureate head right; reverse Trajan in slow quadriga of elephants right, laurel branch in right, standard in left, L ID (year 14) above; $145.00 (€111.65) |
| 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. |
| GP59539. Bronze AE 40, Svoronos 1148 (Kyrene); SNG Cop 207; Weiser 97 (Ptolemy V, 204 - 202 B.C.); Noeske 151; BMC Ptolemies p. 75, 75 (Ptolemy V), VF, flan flaw on reverse, weight 42.594 g, maximum diameter 39.5 mm, Alexandria mint, obverse horned head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia; reverse BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open, head turned back right, SE between eagle's legs; big 42 gram bronze; $145.00 (€111.65) |
| Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt |  | In 128, Hadrian visited North Africa, to inspect Legio III Augusta stationed at Lambaesis. For strategic reasons the legionnaires were located in the Aurès Mountains. |
| RX60150. Billon tetradrachm, Kampmann 32.468, Geissen 994 ff., Milne 1274, Dattari 1525, SRCV II 3733, VF, weight 11.632 g, maximum diameter 24.3 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 128 - 28 Aug 129 A.D.; obverse AUT KAI TRAI ADRIA CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; reverse PATHR PATRIDOC, clasped hands, L / IG (year 13) in field above and below; $145.00 (€111.65) |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos, 80 - 58 B.C. and 55 - 51 B.C. |  | Ptolemy XII was a weak and unpopular ruler. He was awarded the belittling title Auletes - the flute player. Deposed by his own subjects in 58 B.C., he regained his throne with Roman assistance. His daughter, the famous Cleopatra VII, was the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. |
| GS60308. Silver tetradrachm, Svoronos 1855 (Cleopatra VII); SNG Cop 381; BMC Ptolemies p. 118, 13; Cohen DCA 69; Noeske -; SNG Milan -, aVF, toned, weight 13.656 g, maximum diameter 24.1 mm, die axis 0o, Paphos mint, 74 - 73 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis; reverse PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, LH (year 8) left, PA right; $145.00 (€111.65) |
| 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. |
| GP42278. Bronze AE 40, Svoronos 974 (Ptolemy III), SNG Cop 224 - 226, Weiser 91 - 92, Noeske 155 ff., nice VF, weight 46.606 g, maximum diameter 37.2 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 46 gram bronze; $140.00 (€107.80) |
| 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) |
| Domitian, 13 September 81 - 18 September 96 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt |  | Isis was an Egyptian goddess, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshiped as the ideal mother, wife, matron of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, the downtrodden, as well as listening to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers. Isis is the Goddess of motherhood and fertility. |
| RX57221. Bronze diobol, Dattari 502; RPC II 2482; Geissen 329; BMC Alexandria p. 37, 302; Milne 467; Emmett 296, F, weight 6.023 g, maximum diameter 23.8 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 82 - 28 Aug 83 A.D.; obverse AUTOK KAISAR DOMITIANOS SEB, laureate bust right; reverse ETOUS DEUTEROU (year 2), bust of Isis right, wearing crown of the sun disk, cow horns, and heads of grain, knot on breast; $140.00 (€107.80) |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246 - 222 B.C. |  | This type is attributed to Ptolemy IV in most references but hoard analysis (Ptolemaic Bronzes in Third-Century Egyptian Hoards, by C. Lorber, AJN Second Series 12 (2000) pp 67-92) resulted in reattribution to early in the reign of Ptolemy III. |
| GP57262. Bronze hemidrachm, Svoronos 1166, SNG Cop 220 - 221, Weiser 87 - 88, weight 41.839 g, maximum diameter 40.4 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, c. 246 - 230 B.C.; 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, L between legs; $140.00 (€107.80) |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285 - 246 B.C. |  | Post-reform coinage of Ptolemy II unified coinage designs between Alexandria and the provincial Phoenician mints (Sidon, Tyre, Ake-Ptolemais) adding the double-cornucopia in the provincial mint locations. All of these provincial mint types are scarce to very rare, especially the large sizes. Not listed in SNG Copenhagen and seldom offered. |
| SH58530. Bronze tetrobol, Svoronos 759 (only 5 specimens cited), Weiser 41, SNG Cop -, VF/F, weight 46.644 g, maximum diameter 37.2 mm, die axis 0o, Sidon mint, c. 260 - 250 B.C.; obverse diademed and horned head of Zeus-Ammon right; reverse BASILEWS PTOLEMAIOU, eagle with wings spread, standing left on thunderbolt, double cornucopia left; large and heavy bronze; rare; $140.00 (€107.80) |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180 - 145 B.C. |  | The K may refer to Cleopatra I, senior co-ruler,180 - 178/7 B.C., while Ptolemy VI was a young child. Similar issues with a transverse scepter have EUL between the legs of the eagle, possibly for Eulaios an advisor to young Ptolemy VI. Alternatively, K may stand for either Komanos or Kineas, who later took the advisor-role of Eulaios. |
| GP54242. Bronze obol, Svoronos 1376, SNG Cop 270, Noeske 211; Hosking 79; BMC Alexandria p. 72, 44 ff. (Ptolemy V); Weiser 137 (Ptolemy V, 183 - 180 B.C.), VF, weight 11.732 g, maximum diameter 24.3 mm, die axis 315o, Alexandria mint, c. 180 - 168 B.C.; obverse bearded head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head turned back right, wings closed, long transverse caduceus behind, K between legs; $135.00 (€103.95) |
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