LOT 3228
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm. Sruck circa 167-164 BC. Ptolemaïs (Ake) mint. Series 3.
Diademed head to right; monogram of AB behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding sceptre with his left hand and Nike with wreath in his right; palm frond to outer left, AΓ in exergue. SC 1476.1b; Mørkholm 7; HGC 9, 620c. Very Fine. Lightly toned.(16.80gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 3228
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.74gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.66gr, 10mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AE Serrate. 143-142 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Radiate head wearing ivy wreath to right / Elephant advancing to left, holding torch in trunk; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines above, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ in two lines below, ΣTA (?) to right. HGC 9, 1043. 7.36gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
