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348, Lot: 103. Estimate $75.
Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Kleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros). 116-107 BC. Æ Obol (20mm, 7.05 g, 1h). Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Two eagles with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; silphium plant to left. Svoronos 1158 (Ptolemy IV); Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen 455 (Ptolemy VIII-Ptolemy Apion); Asolati 80 (Ptolemy VI-VIII). VF, dark brown patina with green highlights/deposits.


From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 078.

Ptolemaic bronze expert Daniel Wolf has attributed this type to Ptolemy VIII Euergetes as “several types actually have the epithet name of Ptolemy VIII Euergeties II on the reverse as part of the usual Basileos Ptolemaioy inscription.”

CNG is pleased to offer a large selection of Ptolemaic coins from the J. P. Righetti Collection. This group of coins is mostly comprised of diverse varieties of bronze issues from the beginning to the end of the Ptolemaic kingdom. The classification of many Ptolemaic bronze issues has been highly debated among numismatists, often with researchers publishing highly divergent attributions to various kings, and also in the naming of the denominations used. For this selection, we generally followed the attributions and denominations given on Dan Wolf’s website, www.ptolemybronze.com, who has been closely working with noted numismatic scholar, Catharine Lorber. The first of Cathy’s books on the Ptolemaic coinage, which will supplant the long outdated Svoronos, is imminently forthcoming, and we would like to thank her for reviewing this special offering. Her conclusions regarding each coin’s issuer, denomination, and mint are followed herein.