LOT 2954
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Ake-Ptolemais mint; struck circa 121-113 BC. Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left; crescent above, monogram of ΔΑΡ in field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal, lightly toned.(16.59gr, 30mm, 12h).
ProvenanceAcquired in the USA, November 2010.
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LOT 2954
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Babylon I mint; circa 311-300 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, monogram in wreath in left field, MI beneath throne. SC 82.5b; Price 3747; Müller 734; HGC 9, 10f. 17.02gr, 26mm, 5h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. Circa 450-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Bearded male head to left / Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette with two birds within volutes; dolphin to right below; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.3D; HGC 10, 604. 2.84gr, 14mm, 2h
Very Fine. Test cut. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AR Shekel - Tetradrachm. 107/6 BC-AD 43/4.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Dated CY 5 (107/6 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche to right, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace / ΣIΔΩNIΩN, eagle standing to left on ram of galley; palm frond in background; to left, L E (date) above monogram of ΔΡΙ. Rouvier 1305; Prieur -; HGC 10, 275. 13.79gr, 29mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Rare.
Acquired in 1995; From a private collection.
