LOT 2649
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. 138-129 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting hand on shield and spear under arm; ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY in right field, EVEPΓETOV in left field; to outer left, mint monogram above monogram; O to inner right; all within wreath. SC 2061.4c; Lorber, Die, 751 (obv. die A97); HGC 9, 1067d. Very Fine. Toned; short flan crack.(16.66gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 221.
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LOT 2649
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Seleukid Empire, Philip I Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 88/7–76/5 BC. Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY to right, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY [to outer left, Φ above A]; monogram beneath throne; all within wreath. SC 2463.2a; HGC 9, 1319. 15.75gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 231. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-62; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.10gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
North Africa, Carthage AE 19mm. Circa 300-264 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Sardinian(?) mint. Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Head of horse to right. CNP 252; MAA 57. 4.91gr, 19mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
