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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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with crescent and two row of pellets / Dārēv (Darios) standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. K&M 4/6a-c; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 1b, 31-35; Alram 566; Sunrise 592. 0.62gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip V and Perseus AE Unit. 187-168 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right / MA-KE-ΔO-NΩN, thunderbolt; monogram below. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1307. 10.15gr, 22mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Tetrobol. 246-222 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 4B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia over shoulder, E between legs. CPE B366; Svoronos 974; SNG Copenhagen 224-6 (Ptolemy IV). 46.38gr, 36mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Pierced for suspension.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
