LOT 2978
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 15mm. 222-187 BC. Sardeis mint.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, Apollo, testing arrow, standing to left, leaning on tripod to right. SC 983.6; HGC 9, 518. Very Fine.(3,84gr, 15mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 21mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Radiate and diademed head right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOVΣ in two lines to left, eagle standing right. SC 1415; HGC 9, 655. 9.63gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodikeia AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 24 (58/7 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche to right / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated to left; ΔK (date) to inner left; monogram of KΘ or KA beneath throne, KA in exergue; all within wreath. Mørkholm, Autonomous 14a (obv. die 22); DCA 558; HGC 9, 1398. 14.79gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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.
