LOT 3158
Mysia, Pergamon AE 19mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ [Ν]ΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; inner right, monogram. SNG BnF 1893 var. (monogram to inner left). Very Fine. Nice blue-green patina.(6.40gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AE 18mm. Dated SE 175 (138/7 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
Winged bust of Eros to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Isis headdress resting on two grain ears and inverted crescent; below, EOP (date). SC 2067.3a; SNG Spaer 1901; HGC 9, 1087. 5.16gr, 18mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. Sruck circa 167-164 BC. Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Series 3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head to right; monogram of AB behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding sceptre with his left hand and Nike with wreath in his right; palm frond to outer left, AΓ in exergue. SC 1476.1b; Mørkholm 7; HGC 9, 620c. 16.80gr, 31mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
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. -
Baktria, Uncertain Mint AR Diobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Forepart of boar to right, monogram or symbol below / Head of roaring lion to right. Cf. CNG 87, 604; cf. CNG E-243, 153; cf. CNG E-225, 159; otherwise unpublished. 1.09gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 575. Property of a London antiquarian.
