LOT 2990
Seleukid Empire, Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII AE 19mm. Dated SE 190 (123/2 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Radiate and diademed head to right / Owl standing to right, head facing, on overturned amphora; BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ in two lines to right, KAI BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in three lines to left; IE to inner right; below, ꟼP (date) and dolphin to right. SC 2263.3c var. (IE to outer right); SNG Spaer 2448 var. (same). Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.(6.11gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2990
Seleukid Empire, Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII AE 19mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanon AE 20mm. Struck under Ptolemy, son of Mennaios (84-40 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Draped bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; uncertain countermark to left / The Dioskouroi standing facing one another, each holding spear; around, four monograms. Herman 9; HGC 9, 1445. 3.88gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 16mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 317-310 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Arethusa to left; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before, cornucopia behind / Bull butting to left; NI above. CNS 107; HGC 2, 1489. 3.30gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raidan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Bare head to right, within dotted border terminated by monogram / Small head to right; South Arabian legend around; 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.4i; Huth 437-43; SNG ANS 1602-9. 0.98gr, 13mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
