LOT 2658
Ancient Greek Coins - Seleukid Kingdom - Alexander I Balas - Elephant AE Unit 152-145 B.C.
Antioch mint. Obv: head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. Rev: BASILEWS ALEXANDROY above and beneath elephant walking left; AB monogram beneath belly. Good fine.(1.89 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
PublishedHoughton Coll. I, 205; BMC 57-58; SNG Copenhagen 266.
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LOT 2658
Ancient Greek Coins - Seleukid Kingdom - Alexander I Balas - Elephant AE Unit
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Ancient Greek Coins - Seleukid Kingdom - Alexander I Balas - Elephant AE Unit 152-145 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Antioch mint. Obv: head of Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy. Rev: BASILEWS ALEXANDROY above and beneath elephant walking left; AB monogram beneath belly. 1.89 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Macedonia - Alexander III (the Great) - Countermarked AR Tetradrachm 204-203 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Posthumous issue, Perga, Pamphylia mint, dated year 18. Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre; date IH in left field; Seleukid anchor countermark to obverse. 15.70 grams.
Very fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Euboea - Histiaia - AR Group [2] Circa 171 B.C.-168 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Obvs: profile bust. Revs: female figure reclining on prow. 3.32 grams total.
Very fine.
Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
