LOT 3212
Cilicia, Tarsos AE 23mm. Circa 164-27 BC.
Turretted head of Tyche to right; c/m: bow in bow case within incuse rectangle / TAPΣEΩN, Zeus seated to left and holding sceptre; two(?) monograms to right. Cf. SNG BnF 1289; cf. SNG Levante 918-923. Near Very Fine.(9.37gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Demetrios III Eukairos AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 221 (92/1 BC). Damaskos mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV ΘΕΟV ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, cult statue of Atargatis standing facing, arms extended, holding flower in left hand, barley stalk rising from each shoulder; to outer left, N above A; AKΣ (date) followed by monogram of ΔΗ in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2451.4; HGC 9, 1305; DCA 304. 13.19gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rough surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
BACIΛЄ[ധC AΓPIΠA], canopy / Three ears of corn; L [Ϛ] (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.54gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
