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LOT 3279
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 12mm. 281-261 BC. Tarsos mint.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / BA AN, laureate pileus. SC 334; HGC 9, 217 (R3). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.(1.53gr, 12mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3279
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AE 12mm.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
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Pontos, Pharnakeia AE 17mm. Struck under Pharnakes I, circa 185-125 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΑΡΝΑ-ΚΕΩΝ, zebu butting to right, head facing. SNG BM Black Sea 1274; RG I, 3; HGC 7, 295. 5.24gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.45gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 9mm. Clerouchy of Delos, Period III, circa 166-150 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Quiver; AΘΕ in fields. Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 106, 33-41. 0.94gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
It is in the Periods II-III and after the acquisition of Delos in 167/166 BC, that Delian Apollo and his attributes make their appearance as Athenian coin types and dominate the obverses of these small bronze denominations.
