LOT 3229
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 33mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / Eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1413; Houghton 118; Newell, SMA 59; HGC 9, 643. Very Fine.(34.20gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Islands off Ionia, Chios AE 13mm. 84-30 BC. ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ (Aristokles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Sphinx seated to right; raised foreleg on prow / Pointed amphora, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΛΗΣ to right, XIOΣ to left. SNG Copenhagen 1631. 1.93gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm. 110-52 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Struck CY 55(?) (57/6 BC). Turretted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Phoenician galley to left; above, date above ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ; Phoenician legend below. Cf. HGC 10, 292. 3.41gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE Hemilitron. Circa 241-230 or 230-218 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Laureate head to left; plow(?) before / Warrior on horse prancing to right, holding couched lance; T below; IEPΩNOΣ in exergue. Cf. CNS 193 Ds 57 R1 32; cf. BAR Issue 61; HGC 2, 1547. 17.82gr, 27mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Magnificent green patina.
Ex cgb.fr. (v59_0012). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
