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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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. 145-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Alexandria mint. Dated RY 54 (117/6 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L NΔ (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1531; SNG Copenhagen 331; DCA 54. 12.81gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Judaea. Hasmoneans, Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) AE Prutah. 103-76 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Jerusalem mint. Splayed double cornucopiae with pomegranate/poppy between the horns / 'Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews' (in Paleo-Hebrew) in four lines within wreath. Cf. Hendin GBC 6, 6180; HGC 10, 639. 1.97gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £139
Various types. 44.61gr total.
Condition as seen.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
