LOT 3290
North Africa, Carthage AE 1 1/2 Shekels. Second Punic War, circa 203-201 BC.
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse standing to right, head to left; pellet beneath bent foreleg. CNP 103a; MAA 81a; SNG Copenhagen 394. Good Very Fine.(8.86gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 176 (137/6 BC). Tyre mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, [I]EPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, ΑΣΥ above ςOP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.4a; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198. 13.09gr, 29mm, 12\h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 22mm. Dated CY 276 (37/36 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY, Nike advancing to left, holding untied wreath and palm; ςOΣ (date) downwards in inner left field, AN in exergue. RPC I, 4338. 6.53gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanum AE 20mm. Dated year 2 of the Pompeian Era (63/2 BC). ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Ptolemaios, son of Mennaios), tetrarch and archiereus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right / The Dioskouroi standing facing one another, each holding spear; [L B] ΠTOΛEMA[I] to right, TETPAPX APXE(sic) to left; all within wreath. DCA 473; HGC 9, 1440. 5.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
