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LOT 2684
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Trichalkon. Dated year 35 of the Actian era (AD 4/5). Struck under the legate L. Volusius Saturninus. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΣΑΤΟΡΝΙΝΟΥ ΟΥΟΛΟ, Tyche seated to right, holding palm branch in right hand; below, river god Orontes swimming to right; to right, EΛ (date). RPC I, 4262; McAlee 88; SNG Copenhagen 93. Good Fine.(5.53gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Reduced standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤ[Ι]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, nymph seated to right on stern of galley decorated with wing. HGC 4, 1524. 1.81gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY, Zeus seated to left, holding sceptre with right hand and Nike with wreath with left; EΞP (date) and monogram of ΠΥΤΡ in exergue. SC 1784.4a var. (slightly differing monogram of ΠΥΡ); DCA 118; HGC 9, 875a. 16.74gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Pleasant cabinet tone. Flan crack at 5h. Apparently the only example with this monogram variety.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Tetrachalkon. Under Roman rule, 1st century BC. Uncertain year of Caesarian Era. Large denomination.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ KAI AVTONOMOV, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding crowning Nike and sceptre; Θ(?) to inner left; date in exergue; all within wreath. Cf. Butcher p.317. 7.94gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
