LOT 3116
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. Circa 121-113 BC. Ake-Ptolemais mint.
Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios standing facing, head to left, holding star in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; above, crescent; to left, monogram; all within laurel wreath. SC 2336.2a; HGC 9, 1197h. Near Very Fine. Cleaned.(14.02gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3116
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Unit. Dated RY 33 (AD 29/30). Tiberias mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
HPധΔΟΥ TETPAPXOY, palm branch; L ΛΓ (date) across fields / TIBEPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4922; Meshorer 5. 11.28gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Obol. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre. Cf. HGC 3.1, 918. 0.53gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Sardeis AE 17mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC. ΗΡΑΙΟΣ (Heraios), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate bust of young Herakles to right, lion's skin tied around neck / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΗΡΑΙΟΣ, nude Apollo standing to left, holding bird and laurel branch; monogram of NωTE before; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 86; SNG Copenhagen 493; BMC Lydia pg. 240, 36; Waddington 5202. 6.50gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
