LOT 3268
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm. 110-52 BC.
Struck CY 55(?) (57/6 BC). Turretted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Phoenician galley to left; above, date above ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ; Phoenician legend below. Cf. HGC 10, 292. Very Fine.(3.41gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3268
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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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. -
Troas, Gergis AR Tetrobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Sphinx seated to right / Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left; within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Asia Minor Coins online #11089 (Sphinx with forepaw raised). 1.51gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 228. Property of a London antiquarian.
