LOT 3233
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE Serrate. 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Diademed head of Alexander I to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Athena standing to left, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield set on ground; in inner left field, KA monogram above ΠΟ monogram. SC 1793.3d; BMC 37; HGC 9, 900. Very Fine.(9.09gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Thrace, Ainos AR Tetrobol. Circa 402-360 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Hermes facing three-quarters to left, wearing petasos / Goat standing to right; [ethnic] above, rhyton before. May, Ainos 364; cf. HGC 3.2, 1281. 2.02gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Kingdom of Persis. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem / Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem. K&M 4/37; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 167 (Pakor I); Alram 594 (Pakor I); Sunrise 621. 0.56gr, 11h, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Turretted head of Tyche to right; three pellets before / Palm tree; three pellets(?) to left. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” ‘Atiqot I (1955), 17-19 (different marks on obverse). 0.60gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
