LOT 3240
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AE Serrate. 143-142 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Radiate and diademed head to right / Elephant advancing to left, holding torch in trunk; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines above, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ in two lines below, ΣTA above cornucopia to right. SC 2006a; HGC 9, 1043. Very Fine.(8.47gr, 23mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Gaul, Massalia AR Obol. Circa 336-310 BC.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £167
Bare head of Apollo to left / M-A within wheel of four spokes. Maurel 360. 0.71gr, 10mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine. Small die break on reverse. Sharply detailed; toned with traces of blue-green iridescence on obverse.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Judaea, Uncertain Ruler AE Prutah. 1st century BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Legend in Paleo-Hebrew within wreath / Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns. Cf. Sofaer 30-64 (John Hyrcanus I). 3.47gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
[E]ΣTFEΔIIY[Σ], slinger standing to right, preparing to loose; in field to right, triskeles running anticlockwise; all within dotted square frame / Two wrestlers grappling, KI between. SNG BnF 104; Tekin Series 4. 10.70gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light iridescent tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
