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LOT 2975
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 280-271 BC. Aï Khanoum mint.
Diademed head to right / Horned and bridled horse's head to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ behind, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ below; monogram in circle before. SC 431.2; ESM 679. Near Very Fine.(3.57gr, 17mm, 6h.).
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 20mm. Circa 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Zeus to right; monogram of EΡ behind / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath; EΛAIOYΣIΩN downwards on left, monograms of ΔΙOΚ and ΑΡΧ in left field. SNG BN 1133-51 var. (control marks); SNG Levante 826 var. (monograms switched). 5.94gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; in two sunken quarters: pellet, palm branch. BMC 10; McClean 4081. 2.22gr, 12mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Odessos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 120-90 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ⵙE in inner left field, ΔH monogram beneath throne. Price 1184; HGC 3, 1587. 16.25gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Slightly double struck.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
