LOT 2989
Seleukid Empire, Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII AE 20mm. 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; I [E] to outer right; below, ꟼP (date) and dolphin to right. SC 2263.3c; SNG Spaer 2448. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.(6.70gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2989
Seleukid Empire, Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII AE 20mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £144
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Moesia, Istros AR Drachm. Circa 313-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Two young male heads facing, right head inverted / IΣTPIH above sea-eagle on dolphin to left; monogram of ΔI below. SNG BM Black Sea 253; BMC 3; HGC 3.2, 1802. 4.15gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Two nude wrestlers, standing and grappling with each other; between them, BI / [ΕΣΤ]FΕΔΙΙ[ΥΣ], slinger standing to right, about to shoot from his sling; to right, triskeles running to left. Tekin Series 4; SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock -. 10.85gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Toned. Small area of delamination on obverse.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th-6th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various mints and dates. 15.11gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
