LOT 2983
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AE Serrate. 162-150 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Laureate head of Apollo to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, tripod. SC 1644; HGC 9, 821. Very Fine.(19.55gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 31 (96/5 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AΛ (date) above club; monogram of HPA to right, B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 112; DCA 2 946; HGC 10, 357. 12.89gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Seleukid Empire, Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII AE 19mm. Dated SE 190 (123/2 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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). 6.11gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
