LOT 2881
Calabria, Tarentum AE 17mm. Alexander the Molossian, King of Epeiros, circa 342-334 BC.
Eagle standing to right; tripod to left, laurel spray to right / Thunderbolt, ΑΛΕΞΑ TOY NE to right and left, all within wreath. SNG Copenhagen 90; Vlasto, Alexander, Son of Neoptolemos of Epirus, (NC, 1926), type 16. Very Fine. Very rare.(3.85gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Seleucid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants to right; above, AYPH monogram beneath shield, Θ to right of anchor. SC 130.43a; ESM 122; HGC 9, 18a. 16.90gr, 25mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Die break on obverse.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman. -
Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Ake-Ptolemais mint; struck circa 121-113 BC. Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left; crescent above, monogram of ΔΑΡ in field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. 16.59gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal, lightly toned.
Acquired in the USA, November 2010. -
Kingdom of Persia. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed bust to left / Diademed bust to left. Van't Haaff, Persis, Type 590. 0.52gr, 13mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
