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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AE Serrate. 143-142 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Radiate head wearing ivy wreath to right / Elephant advancing to left, holding torch in trunk; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines above, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ in two lines below, ΣTA (?) to right. HGC 9, 1043. 7.36gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AE Serrate. 143-142 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Radiate and diademed head to right / Elephant advancing to left, holding torch in trunk; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines above, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ in two lines below, ΣTA above cornucopia to right. SC 2006a; HGC 9, 1043. 8.47gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 17mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Macedonian helmet with ibex horn to left; AΣK to inner left. SC 2039; HGC 9, 1061. 5.28gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 19mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; star to inner left. SC 2034.2e; CSE 261; HGC 9, 1061. 5.96gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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. SC 2034.1; HGC 9, 1061. 5.44gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Uncertain mint 100.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; AΣ to inner left. SC 2040a; HGC 9, 1061. 5.85gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AE 19mm. Dated SE 177 (136/5 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Winged bust of Eros to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ to left, Isis headdress resting on two grain ears and inverted crescent; monogram above Φ to outer left, ZOP (date) to inner left, crescent beneath main type. SC 2067.12; HGC 9, 1087. 5.43gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AE 18mm. Dated SE 175 (138/7 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
Winged bust of Eros to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Isis headdress resting on two grain ears and inverted crescent; below, EOP (date). SC 2067.3a; SNG Spaer 1901; HGC 9, 1087. 5.16gr, 18mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander II Zabinas AE 21mm. Struck circa 125-122 BC. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate and diademed head to right / BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], double cornucopiae; A-Π flanking, [symbol] to lower left. SC 2237.1. 10.62gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos X Eusebes Philopator AR Tetradrachm. Circa 94-88 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed head to right, with no sideburn / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre with right hand and Nike holding wreath with left; to outer left, monogram of ΣΩ above A; monogram of ΔΙ beneath throne; all within wreath. SC 2429.1c; HGC 9, 1287 corr. (without sideburn). 15.58gr, 29mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Some deposits.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Apameia AE 21mm. Dated SE 275 (38/7 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; EOΣ (date) to inner left, [letters?] in exergue. RPC I 4337; DCA 413; HGC 9, 1424. 7.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Tetrachalkon. Dated year 13 of the Pompeian era (54/3 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus to right / [AN]TIOXEΩN THΣ [MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ], Zeus seated to left on throne, holding crowning Nike and sceptre; IΓ (date) in exergue. RPC I 4212; McAlee 37; HGC 9, 1371. 8.57gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.