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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Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes III Euergetes AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 193 (105/4 BC). Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOΥΣ NIKOMHΔOΥ, Zeus standing facing, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left; to inner left, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt above monogram of MATP and ΓϘΡ (date). RG p.231; HGC 7, 645. 16.72gr, 32mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful old cabinet tone.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.70gr, 10mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.50gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
