LOT 3236
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Hemidrachm. 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Radiate and diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow; [monogram in exergue]. Cf. SC 1786.4; HGC 9, 891. Good Very Fine. Some roughness.(1.95gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Islands off Cilicia, Elaioussa Sebaste AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right; E behind / EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; ΔIO to left. Ziegler 559-68 var. (controls); SNG BN 1131; SNG Levante 823. 6.53gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Campania, Phistelia AR Obol. Circa 325-275 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Male head facing slightly to right / Dolphin to right above barley grain and mussel shell; ethnic in Oscan below. Rutter p. 180, Ia; Sambon 831-8; HN Italy 613; SNG ANS 567-578; SNG Copenhagen 576; SNG BnF 1117-1128; HGC 1, 502. 0.61gr, 10mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Kings of Paphlagonia, Pylaemenes II or III AE 22mm. Circa 133-103 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bust of Pylaemenes as Herakles to right; club over shoulder, lion skin around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. SNG BM Black Sea 1552; SNG Copenhagen 321; SNG von Aulock 149. 4.66gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 493. Property of a London antiquarian.
