LOT 2980
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 26mm. Struck 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Head of Isis to right, wearing tainia / Eagle, with closed wings, standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1414; SMA 60; HGC 9, 644. Very Fine.(17.61gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. Struck circa AD 477-484. AS (Aspahān) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type IIIb/1c. 3.42gr, 26mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/246425-s.jpg)
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various mints and dates. 15.56gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 31 (96/5 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AΛ (date) above club; monogram of HPA to right, B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 112; DCA 2 946; HGC 10, 357. 12.89gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
