LOT 3290
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. 121-110 BC. Antioch mint.
Diademed and radiate head to right / [B]AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] ANTIOX[OY EΠIΦANOYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing, date and symbols off flan/obscured. Cf. SC 2300.2; HGC 9, 1212; DCA 279. Very Fine.(4.96gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 522.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3290
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Diobol. Circa 246-222 BC. Tyre mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B467; Svoronos 707; SNG Copenhagen -. 22.92gr, 31mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from Baldwin's, February 1988. From Pavlos S. Pavlou Collection. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 57, 25 March 2018, lot 82. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC. -
Troas, Sigeion AE 10mm. Circa 355-334 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Σ- ΙΓ-Ε, crescent to left. BMC 21; SNG Copenhagen 499-500; SNG von Aulock 1572. 0.92gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
