LOT 2950
Seleucid Empire, Antiochos I, co-regent with Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. 294-281 BC.
Susa mint; possibly struck in the final years of Seleukos I or early years of Antiochos I, 281-261 BC. In the name of Seleukos I and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, monogram of KP; beneath throne, monogram of ΠΥΡ. SC - (cf. 399.5&7 for different secondary controls); HGC 9, 125c. Very Fine. Double struck. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.(16.91gr, 26mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom an English collection formed before 2000.
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LOT 2950
Seleucid Empire, Antiochos I, co-regent with Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H] - F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.37gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
NH / WH (Nahr Tire?) mint; uncertain date. Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; star-in-crescent before; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. For mint's initials see Göbl, Tafel XVI, 51. 3.85gr, 32mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Rare mint.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Three [3] AR Drachmai of Parion, Mysia.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/229945s.jpg)
Group of Three [3] AR Drachmai of Parion, Mysia. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Facing gorgoneion / Quadripartite incuse square. 12.35gr total.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
