LOT 2644
Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon AE 22mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡΧΟΣ (Polemarchos), magistrate. Laureate and draped bust of Artemis (or Apollo) to right, with bow and quiver at shoulder; AΘH (retrograde) behind, palm branch before / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, holding shield; ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡ-ΧΟΥ downwards in two vertical lines to right, CΕΛΕΥΚ-ΕΩΝ downwards in two vertical lines to left. SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Supp. -; SNG BnF -; BMC Lycaonia 15. Very Fine. Very rare.(6.83gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Diobol. Circa 6th-5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Possibly Caria, uncertain mint or Ionia, Miletos. Forepart of roaring lion to left / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references including HN Online. 0.98gr, 9mm.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
The fact that the present coin has the same reverse stellate pattern as the Diobols of Miletos (cf. SNG Kayhan I 462-75 and SNG Copenhagen 953) and some of the silver coins of the satraps of Caria (cf. HN Online 2926), leads us to attribute its origin to one of these two regions. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 16.81gr, 24mm, 9h.
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): £143
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, mint monogram above AI; no secondary control mark; all within wreath. SC 2061.1m; Lorber, Die, Phase 1, 304 (obv. die A33); HGC 9, 1067d. 16.44gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 561, 1 May 2024, lot 256.
