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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Group of Six [6] Eastern mints AR Coins. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Including fractions from Arabia, Judaea and a reproduction. 18.25gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.) -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus PB Prutah. 103-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Contemporary imitation in lead. BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Seleukid anchor within circular inner border / Blundered imitation of Paleo-Hebrew legend within dotted border. AJC I, group D; Hendin 476. 3.58gr, 18mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
