LOT 2654
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Damaskos mint. Dated SE 204 (109/8 BC). Diademed head to right within fillet border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Zeus Ouranios, nude, standing to left, holding star and sceptre; monogram above ZH to outer left; ΔΣ (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2324.1b; HGC 9, 1196e; DCA 266. Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Slightly double struck.(16.12gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private collection, Europe.
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LOT 2654
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Judaea, Herod I AE Prutah. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Illegible inscription around small diadem with cross / Tripod table within dotted circle. HGC 10, 658. 1.45gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. 16.42gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Philip I Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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 left; to outer left, Φ above A; monogram beneath throne, Π in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2463.3h; HGC 9, 1319. 15.79gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 561, 1 May 2024, lot 273.
