LOT 2740
Seleukid Empire, Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Drachm. 138-129 BC.
Tarsos mint. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYE-PΓETOY, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand; monogram of KA above monogram of NE in outer left field. SC 2056.7 = CSE 477 corr. (upper monogram); HGC 9, 1080a. Good Very Fine. Some deposits on reverse. Extremely rare variant with no other examples on CoinArchives.(4.09gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2740
Seleukid Empire, Antiochus VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Shaqilat AR Sela'-Drachm. AD 70-106.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Petra mint. Dated RY 3 (AD 72/3). Laureate and draped bust of Rabbel II to right; 'Rabbel, king of the Nabataeans. Year 3' in Aramaic around / Veiled and draped bust of Shaqilat to right; 'Shaqilat, his mother, queen of the Nabataeans' in Aramaic around. CN 218; Meshorer, Nabataea, 144. 3.34gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Obverse struck off-centre.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Didrachm. 138-129 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Tyre mint. Dated SE 174 (139/8 BC). Phoenician standard. Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, palm frond in background, to left, [I]EP[A] above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, ΑΣΥ above ΔOP (date), AΣ between legs. SC 2110.2c; DCA 201; HGC 9, 1077. 7.02gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Circular inscription in Phoenician on cheek.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. First Jewish War AE Prutah. Dated Year 2 (67/8 CE).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Jerusalem mint. 'Year two' in Paleo-Hebrew, amphora with broad rim and two handles / 'The freedom of Zion' in Paleo-Hebrew; vine leaf on small branch with tendril. TJC 196a; Sofaer 11-4; Hendin GBC 6, 6389; Hendin GBC 5, 1360. 2.20gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
