LOT 2767
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 23mm. 1st century BC.
Dated CY 40 (72/1 BC). Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ, bull running to left, upon which sits Europa, who holds her veil and horn of bull; [L] M (date) across upper field. HGC 10, 286 var. (unlisted date); DCA2 885 var. (same); CNG e570, 168 (hammer: 650 USD). Very Fine. Extremely rare with this date.(9.05gr, 23mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanum AE 16mm. Circa 85-40 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ptolemaios, tetrarch. Dated SE 240 (73/2 BC). Bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver at shoulder / Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; L MΣ (date) downward to left. Sofaer 3-7; Herman 2; HGC 9, 1442; DCA 468. 4.78gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE Coins. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Various types. 51.98gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ] ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram in wreath in left field, MI beneath throne. Cf. SC 82.5a; cf. Price 3746; cf. HGC 9, 10f. 16.47gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
