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Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' AE Dichalkon. 95-56 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. -
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes the Younger AE Tetrachalkon. 77/6-66 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Drachm. 281-261 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos) AR Tetradrachm. 225-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AE 19mm. 162-150 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Drachm. 138-129 BC.
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Didrachm. 138-129 BC.
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 17mm. Second reign, 129-126/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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.