Estimated price: CHF 3500SICILY. Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm,
17.31 g, 7 h).
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
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Estimated price: CHF 10000PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II,
died 270 BC. Mnaieion or Oktadrachm (Gold, 29 mm, 28.00 g,
12 h), Alexandria, struck under Ptolemy V and/or Ptolemy VI,
circa 193/2-178/7 BC.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
266
Estimated price: CHF 25000KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip V, 221-179 BC. Tetradrachm
(Silver, 30 mm, 16.80 g, 11 h), Pella or Amphipolis,
circa 220-211 BC.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
284
Estimated price: CHF 75000Quintus Labienus Parthicus, 42-39 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm,
3.85 g, 5 h), uncertain mint moving with Labienus in
southeastern Asia Minor, early 40 BC.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
389
Estimated price: CHF 25000Hadrian, 117-138. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 33 mm, 26.00 g, 6 h),
Rome, circa 130-133.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
439
Estimated price: CHF 3500LOW COUNTRIES. Vlaanderen (Flanders). Lodewijk II van Male,
1346-1384. Gouden Lam – Mouton d'or (Gold, 30 mm, 4.41 g,
10 h), variety with 'I' after 'NOB'. Gand (Ghent)
or Mechelen (Mechlin).
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
1175
Estimated price: CHF 25000SWITZERLAND. Neuenburg/Neuchâtel. Henri II d’Orléans-
Longueville, 1595-1663. Medal of 20 Ducats (Gold, 52 mm,
68.77 g, 12 h), on his marriage with Anne-Geneviève de
Bourbon-Condé. By J. Warin. No date (1642).
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
1257
Estimated price: CHF 7500GERMANY. Sachsen-Ernestinische Linie. Sachsen-Gotha
(Alt-Gotha). Johann Friedrich II, 1557-1565. Doppelter
Schautaler (Silver, 49 mm, 57.90 g, 12 h), no date (circa 1560). 
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
1121
Estimated price: CHF 5000GERMANY. Kaiserreich. Sachsen-Meiningen. Georg II,
1866-1914. 20 Mark 1905 D (Gold, 21 mm, 8.00 g, 12 h),
München (Munich).
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
1130
Estimated price: CHF 15000UNITED STATES. 1776-pres. Dollar 1799 (Silver, 39 mm,
27.00 g, 6 h), Draped Bust type, heraldic eagle variety with 7/6
stars (obverse), 13 stars (reverse), berries, and regular date.
By R. Scot, Philadelphia.
Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich - Auctions 17, 18 /
31 May -2 June, 2025
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