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AFRICA.

108 EGYPT. PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM. Arsinoe II, Philadelphos, died 270/268 BC. Mnaïeon or
Octodrachm. Alexandreia mint. 27,74 g. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2-246 BC. Head right with
ram's horn, veiled and wearing stephanos; lotus-tipped scepter in background // Filleted double
cornucopia, with grape bunches hanging at sides. CPE-388; Svor-460; SNG Cop-134.
GOLD. Extremely fine with some charming brilliance in the fields -

In a NGC holder, graded XF 5/3 - Fine style - marks 10.000.-
Provenance: privately purchase on the Swiss Market in the 1990's.

ROMAN COINS
ROMAN EMPIRE.

109 Elagabal, 218-222. Denarius 219-220, Rome. IMP ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate and draped bust of
Elagabalus to right, seen from behind // VICTORIA AVG. Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her
right hand and palm frond in her left. BMC 169; Cohen 304; RIC 162. Extremely fine 25.-

Provenance: Auction Auctiones AG 10, Basel (Switzerland), 12 June 1979, lot n°678.

BYZANTINE EMPIRE

110 Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris, 1208-1222. Aspron Trachy Magnesia. (Electrum, 31mm, 4.23 g 6).
Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, holding book of Gospels and raising right hand in benediction //
Full-length standing figures of the emperor, crowned, wearing imperial robes and holding sword in his
right hand, on the left and, on the right, St. Theodore, nimbate, wearing armor and holding sword in his
left hand, both facing and holding, between them, long staff surmounted by a star. DOC 2.3; S 2064.
Rare in this quality. Good extremely fine with sharp details 1.000.-
This coin was selected to be exhibited at the Europalia 1982 in Bruxelles and was illustrated in Splendeur de Byzance
on p. 251 as N2, 25.

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