LOT 3235
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE 18mm. Circa 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Head of Alexander I to right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding arrow and grounded bow; trident to outer left, monogram in exergue. Cf. SC 1795.3; HGC 9, 901. Near Very Fine.(5.08gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. Sruck circa 167-164 BC. Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Series 3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head to right; monogram of AB behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding sceptre with his left hand and Nike with wreath in his right; palm frond to outer left, AΓ in exergue. SC 1476.1b; Mørkholm 7; HGC 9, 620c. 16.80gr, 31mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
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. -
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Phoenicia, Tyre(?) AE Unit. 1st century BC(?). Autonomous issues.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Turretted head of Tyche to right / Club. For a similar example see CNG, E-399, 241; otherwise unpublished. 1.28gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare and unpublished.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Twelfth Stater or Obol. Struck circa 380-379 BC. Pharnabazos, Persian military commander.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Female head facing slightly to left; [dolphin to lower left?] / Bearded and helmetted male head (Ares?) to left. Casabonne Series 2–3, pl. 4, 14; Göktürk 21; SNG BnF 303. 0.65gr, 9mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
