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LOT 3630
Group of Two [2] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(10.75gr total.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head of Antiochos VII to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟY EYEPΓETOY, Athena standing facing, head to left, holding Nike in her right hand and resting her left on shield decorated with gorgoneion and set on ground; spear leaning against her left arm; to outer left, monogram of ΔΙ above A; all within laurel wreath. SC 2061.1h; HGC 9, 1067d. 16.26gr, 31mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Struck on a large flan.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Apulia, Arpi AE 20mm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head of Zeus to left; [ΔAI]OY before, [thunderbolt behind] / Boar running to right; spearhead above, APΠAN[ΩN] in exergue. HN Italy 642; SNG ANS 635-9; HGC 1, 534. 6.68gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second reign, 129-125 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £68
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Diademed and bearded head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑ-ΤΟΡΟΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and long sceptre with his left; Ξ to outer left, Δ beneath throne. SC 2166.2a; HGC 9, 1117b corr. (photo marked 1117a). 14.00gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned, areas of roughness and delaminations.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
