LOT 2968
Galatia, Tavium AE 19mm. 1st century BC.
Zebu bull springing to right / TAVIΩN, amphora between two pilei of Dioskouroi surmounted by star. BMC 1. Very Fine. Extremely rare.(5.23gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a UK gallery.
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Pisidia, Antioch AE 19mm. 1st century BC. ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΣ (Theophrastos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Draped bust of Mên to right, wearing Phrygian cap, set on upturned crescent; uncertain countermark before / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕωΝ ΘΕΟΦΡΑC[...], Zebu bull standing to right. Unpublished in the standard references. 5.33gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique with this magistrate's name.
Ex CNG. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as strategos of Asia, AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 316-301 BC. Tarsos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΣΩ in left field, monogram of ΣΤΡ beneath throne. Price 3807 (Carrhae). 15.50gr, 24mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
![Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/223576s.jpg)
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Various types. 44.89gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
