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LOT 2674
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Serrate. Struck circa 175-173/2 BC. Ptolemais (Ake) mint.
Veiled and diademed bust of Laodike IV to right; monogram of AB behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY, elephant's head to left; prow below, M in left field. SC 1477.1f; HGC 9, 686. Very Fine.(4.34gr, 17mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.16gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Obol. Struck circa 290-282 BC. Alexandreia mint. Pre-Reform, Series 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of the deified Alexander to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram of XA to left. CPE B43; Svoronos 235; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen 54-5; Noeske 33. 7.41gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cyprus, Salamis AE 13mm. Evagoras II, circa 361-351 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley to left; ΣAΛ upwards to left. Tziambazis 130; BMC 74; Traité II, 1193. 2.51gr, 13mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
