LOT 3226
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Tetradrachm. 261-246 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Diademed head of Antiochos I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ [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 MATP to outer left and monogram of HPAE to outer right. SC 587.4c; ESM 190; HGC 9, 236g. Very Fine. Toned.(16.04gr, 27mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.54gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
South Arabia. Himyar AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. Cf. SNG ANS 1602-1609. 0.64gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Ex property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 17mm. Circa 325-310 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bearded head of satyr to left / Π-A-N, head of bull to left. MacDonald 67; SNG BM Black Sea 890-3; HGC 7, -. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
