LOT 2948
Seleucid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Seleukeia on the Tigris II mint. Struck circa 296/5-281 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Athena, brandishing spear, shield on left arm, in quadriga of elephants to right; above, AYPH monogram beneath shield, Θ to right of anchor. SC 130.43a; ESM 122; HGC 9, 18a. Near Very Fine. Die break on obverse.(16.90gr, 25mm, 10h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection of a North London lady before 2000.
Property of a London gentleman.
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Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 20mm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Third reign at Antioch, 109-96 BC. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, filleted double cornucopiae; [monogram to outer left], pileus to inner left. SC 2313.1e; HGC 9, 1213. 8.21gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare variety with pileus as symbol.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNTI 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. 9.91gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Hunnic Tribes. Hephthalites, Anonymous AR Drachm. Before AD 700.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Countermarked Kirman mint issue of Husrav (Khosrau) II dated RY 31. Crowned Sassanian style bust to right; c/m: forepart of senmerv / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. For coin see SC Tehran 2181-2; for c/m see Göbl, Dokumente KM 3. 3.95gr, 33mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
