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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Macedon, Akanthos AR Diobol. Circa 430-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £125
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Quadripartite incuse square; [A-K-A-N] in quadrants. SNG ANS 50; SNG Ashmolean 2218; HGC 3.1, 393. 0.92gr, 11mm.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.12gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.49gr, 16mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
