LOT 3259
Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Tetartemorion. 4th century BC.
Female head facing, her hair in two hanging braids / The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left. Göktürk -; Troxell & Kagan 2 var. (hair style); Sunrise 97. Good Very Fine. Very rare Tetartemorion.(0.14gr, 6mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. 121-110 BC. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed and radiate head to right / [B]AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ANTIOX[OY EΠIΦANOYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing, date and symbols off flan/obscured. Cf. SC 2300.2; HGC 9, 1212; DCA 279. 4.96gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 522. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Sicily, Akragas AR Hemidrachm. Circa 420-410 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Eagle to left, clutching dead hare in its talons / Crab; fish to right below. SNG ANS 1003. 1.93gr, 15mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 11mm. 222-187 BC. Antioch(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛ[ΕΩΣ] ΑΝΤ-ΙΟ[ΧΟΥ], Apollo standing to left, holding bow and testing arrow. Cf. SC 1055 and 1064; HGC 9, 562. 1.39gr, 11mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
