LOT 3910
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 211/0-209/8 BC. Antioch mint.
Diademed head 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; monogram of ΡΩ to outer left. SC 1043.8; HGC 9, 447u. Near Very Fine.(15.49gr, 29mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3910
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Obol. Circa 323-317 BC. Babelon mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ to right, wheel above monogram in left field, monogram beneath throne. Price P191 var. (drachm); Hersh, Additions -; Müller -. 0.70gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished in the standard references.
Ex Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG, Online Auction 82 Silver, 26 July 2020, lot 14. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 625/0-522 BC.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,389
Forepart of bull to right, head to left; small seal above / Incuse square punch. Bodenstedt 9 (unlisted dies); Boston MFA -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 7946. 2.58gr, 11mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely rare, only seven examples noted by Bodenstedt.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction 6, Session 2, 29 September 2013, lot 623. Private European collection. -
Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Helmeted bust to right / Astarte(?) standing in galley facing, holding cornucopia in left hand and wreath in right. Unpublished in the standard references. 0.82gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
