LOT 2999
Phoenicia, Arados AE 15mm. Uncertain date, circa 206-126 BC.
Head of Zeus to right / Ram of prow to left; Phoenician letters above, date below. HGC 10, 88. Very Fine.(3.50gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; star to inner left. SC 2034.2e; CSE 261; HGC 9, 1061. 4.57gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Drachm. 222-205/4 BC. Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, Σ(?) between legs. Cf. CPE B497; cf. Svoronos 992. 54.38gr, 41mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 323-319 BC. Teos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless 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; in left field, griffin seated to left. Price 2274. 4.06gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025.
