LOT 2981
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 21mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
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. Good Very Fine.(9.63gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Apulia, Arpi AE 21mm. Circa 325-275 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus to left / Boar charging to right; spear-head above, ΑΡΠΑ[ΝΩΝ] in exergue. HN Italy 642; HGC 1, 534. 7.57gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela' Drachm. Dated RY 3 (AD 72/3). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel II to right; 'Rabbel, king of the Nabataeans. Year 3' in Aramaic around / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right; 'Shaqilat, his mother, queen of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around. CN 218; Meshorer, Nabataea, 144. 3.34gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Obverse struck off-centre.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleucis and Pieria, Apameia AE 16mm. Dated Year 8 of the Pompeian Era (59/8 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Veiled bust of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of grain ears / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, grain ear between two poppies; to inner left, H (date); to outer left, MH. Lindgren I 2030; HGC 9, 1430 corr. (date). 3.64gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
