LOT 2974
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AV Stater. 281-261 BC. Uncertain or Aï Khanoum mint. Imitative issue.
Diademed head to right / BAIIΛΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧ, horsehead to right, ΔΙ to right. For prototype cf. ESM 683a; cf. Vecchi I, 360, A13 p.14; cf. Kritt, The Seleucid Mint of Aϊ Khanoum, pl.38.2. Near Very Fine.(8.21gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Oxford academic collection; ex de Clermont.
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LOT 2974
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AV Stater.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
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Sasanian Kingdom. Ardaxsir (Ardashir) I AE 29mm. Circa AD 233/4-238/9. Mint C (Ctesiphon"). Phase 3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bust to right, wearing diadem (type G) and mural crown / Fire altar (flames 2) with diadems (type G). SNS type V(4a)/3a(2b) and pl. 13, A35; Sunrise 724; CNG E-446, lot 191. 17.42gr, 29mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 400-340 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Head of Demeter to right, wearing sphendone and pendant earring / META, grain ear with leaf to right. HGC 1, 1052. 7.32gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IX Eusebes Philopator (Kyzikenos) AE 17mm. 114-95 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Artemis standing facing, wearing short tunic and boots, holding spear and bow; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ to left, uncertain control in outer left field. SC 2379; HGC 9, 1253 (R2). 4.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
