LOT 3247
Seleukid Empire, Alexander II Zabinas AE 21mm. Struck circa 125-122 BC. Antioch mint.
Radiate and diademed head to right / BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], double cornucopiae; A-Π flanking, [symbol] to lower left. SC 2237.1. Good Very Fine.(10.62gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Baktria, Uncertain Mint AR Diobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Forepart of boar to right, monogram or symbol below / Head of roaring lion to right. Cf. CNG 87, 604; cf. CNG E-243, 153; cf. CNG E-225, 159; otherwise unpublished. 1.09gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 575. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Philistia, Gaza ('Azah) AR Obol. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Janiform female and male heads (only the male side visible) / Forepart of galloping horse to right; zayin and 'ayin above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.7O; Mildenberg, Gaza, pl. XXV, 19; HGC 10, 567. 0.73gr, 8mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 444, 15 May 2019, lot 210. -
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC. ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΣ ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΥ (Timotheos, son of Menelaos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Zeus to right, wearing oak wreath / [AK]MO[...] TIMOΘ[...] MENE[...], Asklepios standing facing, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. SNG Copenhagen 12. 3.61gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
