LOT 2952
Seleucid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. 152-145 BC.
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. Very Fine.(15.04gr, 28mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx 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.
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LOT 2952
Seleucid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Judaea, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jerusalem mint. [...]Λ-Є[...], small diadem with cross / Tripod table within dotted circle. Hendin 6212; TJC 51; RPC I 4906. 1.45gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Illyria, Apollonia AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝ (Ariston) and ΛΥΣΗΝΟΣ (Lysenos), magistrates. Cow standing to left, head reverted, suckling calf; APIΣTΩN above; monogram of AP in exergue / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; AΠOΛ ΛΥ-ΣΗ-ΝΟΣ around. Ceka 27; Maier 63; P&G 66. 3.24gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Obol-40 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Alexandria mint. Diademed and draped bust to right / KΛEOΠATPAC BACIΛICCHC, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, M to right. Svoronos 1872; Weiser 184-5; SNG Copenhagen 422-4; Noeske 383. 9.47gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
