LOT 3100
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 20mm. Struck circa 210 BC. Uncertain mint 59 or 73.
Laureate head of Antiochos III to right as Apollo / Elephant with mahout advancing to right; unclear control marks; two c/ms: anchor within incuse rectangle and uncertain symbol within incuse rectangle. Cf. SC 1084-5, 1272, and 1275; HGC 9, 469. Good Fine.(10.45gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Pharaonic Kingdom of Egypt, Uncertain Pharaoh(s) AR Tetradrachm. Late 5th-mid 4th centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Van Alfen pl. 11; Van Alfen, Mechanisms, Group III.A.1, Fig. 3 = Buttrey Type X. 16.59gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Unit. Dated RY 37 (AD 33/4). Tiberias mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
HPധΔ[ΟΥ TETPAPX]OY, palm branch; L ΛZ (date) across fields / TIBEPIAC within wreath. RPC I, 4930; Meshorer 87; Hendin 1211. 14.23gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Diobol. Circa 275-246 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram above Galatian shield in left field, monogram between legs. Cf. CPE B180; cf. Svoronos 553. 14.74gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
