LOT 3081
Pharaonic Kingdom of Egypt, Uncertain Pharaoh(s) AR Tetradrachm. Late 5th-mid 4th centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Van Alfen pl. 11; Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 3 = Buttrey Type X. Very Fine. Toned.(16.85gr, 24mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3081
Pharaonic Kingdom of Egypt, Uncertain Pharaoh(s) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AV Stater. 281-261 BC. Uncertain or Aï Khanoum mint. Imitative issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Diademed head to right / BAIIΛΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧ, horsehead to right, ΔΙ to right. For prototype cf. ESM 683a; cf. Vecchi I, 360, A13 p.14; cf. Kritt, The Seleucid Mint of Aϊ Khanoum, pl.38.2. 8.21gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Oxford academic collection; ex de Clermont. -
Seleukid Empire, Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII AE 20mm. Dated SE 190 (123/2 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £144
Radiate and diademed head to right / Owl standing to right, head facing, on overturned amphora; BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ in two lines to right, KAI BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in three lines to left; I [E] to outer right; below, ꟼP (date) and dolphin to right. SC 2263.3c; SNG Spaer 2448. 6.70gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Obol. 165-132 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed head of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY APΣAKOY, draped and bearded male bust to right, wearing bashlyk. Sellwood 12.5; Shore 31. 0.60gr, 11mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Spink, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
