LOT 3221
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Tetradrachm. 281-261 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Diademed head to right / ΒAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind; to left, monogram of AP; to right, monogram of XA inside circle. SC 379.3c; HGC 9, 128g. Very Fine. Toned. Well centred.(16.57gr, 28mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3221
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum AE 23mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΣA behind / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΩΙ ΚΑΛΥΚΑΔΝΩΙ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath; monograms of ΘΕΟΔΩ, EP and MHP to left. SNG Levante 683. 7.66gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres) AR Obol. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed and draped bust to left / Vahšīr standing to right before altar, holding sceptre. Tyler-Smith, Parcel 135-8; Alram 584. 0.44gr, 9mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Hemiobol. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Bee with spread wings seen from above / Incuse square of mill-sail form, divided into raised and sunken triangles. Karwiese Series III; Rosen 572. 0.39gr, 7mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
