LOT 2741
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Didrachm. 138-129 BC.
Tyre mint. Dated SE 174 (139/8 BC). Phoenician standard. Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background, to left, [I]EP[A] above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, ΑΣΥ above ΔOP (date), AΣ between legs. SC 2110.2c; DCA 201; HGC 9, 1077. Very Fine. Circular inscription in Phoenician on cheek.(7.02gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2741
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Didrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Phoenicia, Arados AE 15mm. Circa 206-176 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31
Dated CY 69 (191-190 BC). Turreted head of Tyche to right / Prow of galley to left, [civic monogram] above, III III III NNN (date) in Phoenician below. HGC 10, 87. 3.37gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare dated type.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Archaic head of Apollo(?) to left / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Kim & Kroll 84-103; SNG Kayhan 343-7; SNG von Aulock 1810. 0.23gr, 5mm.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Sharply struck and well-centred.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Persia, Alexandrine Empire. Uncertain Satrap AV Double Daric. After 315 BC.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
Babylon mint. The Great King, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left / Wavy stripes patterned incuse punch. Cf. Nicolet-Pierre, Travaux Le Rider, p. 298, 6 and pl. 30, 6. 16.72gr, 20mm.
Good Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Areas of weakness. Rare.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 182, 14 March 2011, lot 362. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 123, 9 May 2021, lot 873.
