LOT 3106
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE 13mm. Dated SE 166 (147/6 BC). Tyre mint.
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛ[ΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑ]ΝΔΡΟΥ, palm tree; ςΞ-Ρ (date) across field. SC 1838.2; SNG Spaer 1539; HGC 9, 944. Very Fine. Rare.(2.16gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates I AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 173 (140/139 BC). Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ME-ΓAΛOY APΣA-KOY ΦIΛEΛ-ΛHNOΣ, Herakles standing to left, holding skyphos in his right hand and club and lion skin in his left; monogram of APT in outer left field; Γ[ΟΡ] (date) in exergue. Sellwood 13.3; Shore 36; Sunrise 261. 15.57gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Minor deposits. Rare.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; [L] Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.29gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Thirty-Second Shekel. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Phoenician galley to left before city wall with three towers; [in exergue, lion couchant to left] / King of Persia advancing to right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder. Cf. HGC 10, 231 (Sakton). 0.36gr, 8mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
