LOT 3224
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Drachm. 261-246 BC. Possibly Tralleis mint.
Diademed head of Antiochos II to right / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ [A]NT-IOXOY, 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 him; [monogram of ΟΨ to outer left] and monogram of ΤΑ to outer right. SC 535.1; HGC 9, 247a. Very Fine. Toned. Rare.(4.11gr, 17mm, 1h.).
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 3224
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head to right within circular torque; o(?) below / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; cf. Huth 429. 1.42gr, 15mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AE 18mm. Dated SE 175 (138/7 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
Winged bust of Eros to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Isis headdress resting on two grain ears and inverted crescent; below, EOP (date). SC 2067.3a; SNG Spaer 1901; HGC 9, 1087. 5.16gr, 18mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; HP monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.76gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
