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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Group of Three [3] Greek AE Coins. 4th-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Various types. 25.84gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From his private collection since the 1970s; thence by descent circa 2000. Ex private collection of a Bedfordshire gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Oktobol. 246-222 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 4A.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, eagle with closed wings standing to right, head to left, on thunderbolt; Λ(?) between legs. Cf. CPE B358; cf. Svoronos 478; cf. SNG Copenhagen 143. 85.25gr, 45mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 18mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Dionysos standing to left, nude but for chlamys draped over his arm, holding grape bunch and two narthex stalks; ΜΑΡΩΝΙΤΩ[Ν] downwards to right. HGC 3.2, 1541. 6.46gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
