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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Crete, Knossos, AE 13mm. c.200-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Laureate head of Apollo left / square labyrinth. Svoronos 93; SNG Copenhagen 375. 1.96gr. 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Paphlagonia, Sinope AE 22mm. Circa 85-65 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right /ΣΙΝΩΠΗΣ, eagle with spread wings standing facing slightly to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; monogram of ETA to left, star to right. SNG BM Black Sea 1547-9; HGC 7, 421. 6.49gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Earthern brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemaïs AE 16mm. Dated year 9 of the Caesarean Era (41/0 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Jugate laureate and draped busts of the Dioskouroi to right, each surmounted by a star / Tyche standing to left on rudder, holding aphlaston, cornucopia, and palm branch; L Θ (date) across upper field, IE A[...] NO-M across lower field, two monograms to outer left. Kadman, Ake 47; HGC 10, 27; DCA 746. 2.92gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
