LOT 2650
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, 802-6 (obv. die A100); HGC 9, 1067d. Very Fine.(16.18gr, 29mm, 1h.).
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 222.
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LOT 2650
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 50, 88, triskeles (unlisted), 132 & 121. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.51gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Sicily, Panormos AE 23mm. Circa 211-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Helmetted head of Athena to right; ΠΑΝΟΡ-ΜΙΤΑΝ around / Wreathed head of Persephone to left. CNS 12; HGC 2, 1065. 11.00gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, The Anders Collection, 8 September 2022, lot 511. From the Anders Collection (collector's tickets included.) -
South Arabia. Himyar, Dhamar'ali Yuhabirr AR Fraction. Late 1st century BC-early 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Raidan mint. Head of male with curly hair to right / Bearded head of male to right; inscription in South Arabian in fields and below. CAF 3.14iii and 3.21iii; Huth 401-3. 0.36gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
