LOT 3111
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AE Serrate. 143-142 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Radiate head wearing ivy wreath to right / Elephant advancing to left, holding torch in trunk; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines above, ΕΠΙΦΑΝ[ΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ] in two lines below, ΣTA to right. HGC 9, 1043. Near Very Fine.(9.09gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Decapolis, Gadara AE 20mm. Dated year 20 of the Pompeian Era (45/4 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right, palm frond over shoulder / ΓΑΔΑ-ΡΕധΝ, cornucopia; L K (date) to inner left. Spijkerman 5; Rosenberger 5. 5.35gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 565, 3 July 2024, lot 448. From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Bosporos, Rheskouporis V and Constantine I AE Stater. Dated Bosporan Era 624(?) (AD 327/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
BACIΛЄധC P[...]OC, diademed and draped bust of Rheskouporis V to right; trident before / Laureate and draped bust of Constantine I to right; eagle on globe before, holding wreath in beak, Δ(?)KX (date) below. Cf. MacDonald 683/1. 7.47gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Anonymous AE 20mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; Λ in left field. Barkay, Earliest, Group 1; CN 1; HCG 10, 671. 4.15gr, 20gr, 11h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on a Ptolemaic issue.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
