LOT 3283
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos(?) AE 13mm. Circa 261-246 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated to left on omphalos; [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, [ΑΝ]ΤΙΟΧ[ΟΥ] to left. Cf. SC 611; cf. HGC 9, 286. Near Very Fine.(2.48gr, 13mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ], bull standing to right. BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 23, 437 (hammer: 374 GBP). 1.10gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and the second known example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 Shekel. Time of Mazday (Mazaios), circa 353-333 BC. Dated RY 17(?) (337/6 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Phoenician galley to left; date above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on hind legs, Phoenician letters between; all within incuse square. Cf. Elayi & Elayi Group IV.6.2.k; cf. DCA 859; HGC 10, 265. 0.60gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia. Kings of Pergamon, Philetairos AE 15mm. 158-138 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Athena to right wearing crested helmet / [Φ]ΙΛΕΤΑΙΡ[ΟY], coiled serpent; monogram in field. Cf. SNG BnF 1650; cf. SNG Copenhagen 343. 3.34gr, 15mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
