LOT 2943
Phrygia, Apameia AE 19mm. Circa 200-48 BC.
Laureate head of Serapis to right, wearing headdress of Isis / AΠAMEΩN, piloi of Dioscuroi surmounted by star flanking; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 160 ('Zeus'); SNG von Aulock 3465 (same). Very Fine.(6.58gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Seleucid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. 152-145 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to left holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY to left, EΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1784.4c; HGC 9, 875a. 15.04gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 108, 13 April 2023, lot 543. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
WYHC (Veh-az-Amid-Kavād) mint. Dated RY 36 (AD 627). Cuirassed bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings; stars flanking, ribbons on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type II/3. 4.11gr, 32mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Iolla AE 12mm. Early-mid 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed head of Zeus to right / ΙΟΛΛΑ, forepart of Pegasus to right; [grain ear below]. S&B 16; SNG Arikantürk 586-9. 2.23gr, 12mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
