LOT 2656
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) Fourrée Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Antioch mint. Diademed head of Antiochos to right / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Nikephoros seated to left, holding sceptre; monograms and letter in outer left field, control mark under throne. For prototype cf. SC 2309.2c. Very Fine.(13.84gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2656
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) Fourrée Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Lydia, Philadelphia AE 17mm. Circa 200-100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Macedonian shield with star in the boss / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛ-ΦΕΩΝ above and below thunderbolt; monogram above, all within wreath. GRPC Lydia 13; SNG Copenhagen 343-4. 3.72gr, 17mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 275/4-272 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Alexandria mint. Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram above Galatian shield to left, O between eagle's legs. CPE 295; Svoronos 584; SNG Copenhagen 110. 13.43gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BAC[IΛЄധC AΓP]IΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; [L]-Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 3.04gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
