LOT 3124
Corinthia, Corinth AR Stater. Circa 350/45-285 BC.
Pegasos flying to left with straight wings; Ϙ below / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet, with leather neck guard; [A beneath chin], Thessalian helmet to right. Ravel Period V, 1040; Pegasi 402; BCD Corinth 115; HGC 4, 1848. Very Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone.(8.49gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb), Sale 117, 30 September 2013, lot 3044.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY, Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre with right hand and Nike with wreath with left; EΞP (date) and monogram of ΠΥΤΡ in exergue. SC 1784.4a var. (slightly differing monogram of ΠΥΡ); DCA 118; HGC 9, 875a. 16.74gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Pleasant cabinet tone. Flan crack at 5h. Apparently the only example with this monogram variety.
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. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112. 4.21gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 24mm. Struck circa 146-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; in exergue, monogram of MHT and star. SC 1912.1a; HGC 9, 992. 13.24gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
