LOT 3104
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 163 (150/49 BC). Laodikeia in Phoenicia (Berytos) mint. Phoenician standard.
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on palm frond; to left, ΓΞP (date) above monogram; trident to right. SC 1824.2; HGC 9, 881; DCA2 60. Near Very Fine.(12.52, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 22mm. Dated Pompeian Era 19(?) (48 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and sceptre in left; above Zeus, thunderbolt; in the left field, cornucopia; IΘ(?) (date) in exergue; all within laurel wreath. HGC 9, 1366. 10.04gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Tyre. 'Ozmilk (Azemilkos) AR Shekel-Didrachm. Dated RY 8 (348/1 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Deity, holding reins and arched bow, riding hippocamp to right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin to right / Owl standing to right, head facing; crook and flail in background; in right field, |||| O above |||| (' [for 'Ozmilk] and 8 [date], in Phoenician). E&E-T Group II.2.1.19; HGC 10, 349; DCA2 928. 7.06gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cilicia, Mallos. Tiribazos, Satrap of Lydia AR Stater. 388-380 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Ba'al standing to left, holding eagle and sceptre / Ahura-Mazda, body terminating in winged solar disk, facing, head to right, holding wreath and lotus flower. Casabonne Series 1; BMC 12 = Traité II 582, pl. CVII, 20. 8.74gr, 23mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Corroded surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
