LOT 2635
Caria, Uncertain mint 'D' AR Tetartemorion. Circa 450-400 BC.
Foreparts of two confronted bulls, with horns intertwined / Forepart of bull to left within incuse square. HNO Online 73. Extremely Fine. Unusually well struck for the type.(0.18gr, 7mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Seleukid Empire, Philip I Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 88-75 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Antioch on the Orontes. Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY to right, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY to left, Φ above A in outer left field, monogram under throne. SC 2463.2a; HGC 9, 1319. 15.11gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection formed since the 1940s. UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
5 Nabataean and 1 Phoenician AR Coins 4th century BC-1st century AD.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Including Drachms of Nabataean Kings, a Didrachm of Obodas II and Hagaru and a 1/16 Phoenician Shekel. 21.93gr total.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. 323-317 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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; M in left field, ΛY beneath throne. Price 3692. 16.38gr, 26mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
