LOT 3911
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Tetradrachm. 261-246 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Diademed head of Antiochos I to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANT-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; monograms to outer left and right. SC 587.3. Very Fine.(16.49gr, 28mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3911
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£55 (EUR 64; USD 74) +BP*
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Mysia, Pitane AE 10mm. Mid 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right / Π-Ι-Τ-Α, pentagram. SNG Arikantürk 1056; SNG BnF 2353-5. 0.92gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 95-90 or 80-70 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos right / Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica, to left, monogram. HGC 7, 243. 8.04gr, 22mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s. -
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Achaia, Pellene AE Chalkous. Circa 325-300 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΠE within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 600.4; HGC 4, 129. 1.81gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
