Posthumous decadrachm of Berenike II, Alexandria
211 - 210 BCE
Artists
Description
Obverse: Bust of Berenike II right veiled, wearing diadem and necklace. Reverse: single cornucopiae, filled with grain ear, pyramidal cake, pomegranate abd ckuster of grapes hanging from the side, left. Horn tied with royal diadem. Border of dots.
Dimensions
35.6 g
Provenance
R. de Castro Maya, Rio de Janeiro (by 1957), sold; through [M.E. Bourgey, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 18 November 1957, lot 157].. [Bank Leu, Zurich, Auction 28, 5 May, 1981 lot 221]. Nelson Bunker Hunt, Dallas, Texas (by 1990), sold; through [Sotheby's New York, 19 June 1990 lot 109]. [Bank Leu, Zurich, Auction 52, 15 May 1991 lot 56]. Private Collection, California, (by 2019), sold; through [Triton XXII, Classical Numismatic Group, New York, January 9, 2019 lot 420], sold; to H. N. Kreindler, New York (2019), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2019.
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