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LOT 2671
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 18mm. Circa 202-187 BC. Military mint in Coele-Syria.
Macedonian shield with facing gorgoneion in central boss / Elephant walking to right; [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑNΤΙΟΧΟΥ] in two lines in exergue. HGC 9, 490. Good Fine.(3.85gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed male head to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right, below, Π. SNG ANS 944. 7.40gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 17mm. AD 17-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; legend above / Crossed cornucopiae; legend between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 112. 3.65gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. 152-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to left holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY to left, EΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1784.4c; HGC 9, 875a. 15.04gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 108, 13 April 2023, lot 543.
