Tigranokerta mint; struck circa 80-68 BC. Draped bust to right, wearing five-pointed tiara / BAΣΙΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY, Tyche seated to right on rocks, holding palm; below, river-god Orontes swimming to right. Cf. Kovacs 89. 5.15gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Tigranokerta(?) or Artagigarta mint; struck 66-65 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing five-pointed Armenian tiara decorated with comet / [BAΣIΛEΩΣ] TIΓ-PANOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath with her extended right hand; ΔHM[O] below. ACV 78; CAA 114; Kovacs 143. 5.57gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ] ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram in wreath in left field, MI beneath throne. Cf. SC 82.5a; cf. Price 3746; cf. HGC 9, 10f. 16.47gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Aï Khanoum; struck circa 280-271 BC. Diademed head to right / Horned and bridled horse's head to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] behind, [ΑΝ]ΤΙΟΧΟΥ below; Δ within circle before. SC 432.3; SMAK A1DH; HGC 9, 136. 3.79gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Antiochia on the Orontes mint. Diademed head of Seleukos III to right / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΕΛΕ-ΥΚΟΥ, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, holding arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; monogram of ΞΥ to outer left and monogram of ΩΡ to outer right. SC 921.1; HGC 9, 414c. 16.54gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Some deposits.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Tyre mint. Dated SE 158 (155/4 BC). Diademed head to right / [BA]ΣIΛEΩΣ [ΔH]MHTPIOY and [L] HNP • (date) in three lines above stern of galley to left, with railing, oar and aphlaston, [T]YPIΩN and '[belonging] to Tyre' in Phoenician below. SC 1672.1; DCA 114; CSE 738; Newell, Tyre, 50; SNG Spaer 1321; HGC 9, 830. 5.16gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ to right, AYTOKPATOPOΣ to left, piloi of the Dioskouroi to inner left. SC 2034.2d; HGC 9, 1061. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head of Antiochos VII to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟY EYEPΓETOY, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and resting her left on shield decorated with gorgoneion and set on ground; spear leaning against her left arm; to outer left, monogram of ΔΙ above A; all within laurel wreath. SC 2061.1h; HGC 9, 1067d. 16.26gr, 31mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Struck on a large flan.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Extremely Rare Variant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Tarsos mint. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYE-PΓETOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand; monogram of KA above monogram of NE in outer left field. SC 2056.7 = CSE 477 corr. (upper monogram); HGC 9, 1080a. 4.09gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Some deposits on reverse. Extremely rare variant with no other examples on CoinArchives.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Enigmatic Circular Inscription on Cheek
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Tyre mint. Dated SE 174 (139/8 BC). Phoenician standard. Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background, to left, [I]EP[A] above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, ΑΣΥ above ΔOP (date), AΣ between legs. SC 2110.2c; DCA 201; HGC 9, 1077. 7.02gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Circular inscription in Phoenician on cheek.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm branch in left; to out left, branch; to inner left, Ξ. HGC 9, 1133. SC 2170.1g. 6.12gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
Damaskos mint. Dated SE 204 (109/8 BC). Diademed head to right within fillet border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Zeus Ouranios, nude, standing to left, holding star and sceptre; monogram of KA above ZH to outer left; ΔΣ (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2324.1b; HGC 9, 1196e; DCA 266. 16.12gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Slightly double struck.
From a private collection, Europe.