LOT 3231
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Undated issue, struck 162-155/4 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Diademed head to right within wreath / Tyche, holding sceptre and cornucopia, seated to left on throne supported by tritoness facing to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in right field, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ in left field; monogram of ΓΑ to outer left. SC 1638.1j; BMC 29; HGC 9, 795f. Very Fine. Beautifully toned.(16.43gr, 30mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III(?) AE 9mm. Circa 222-187 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΝΤΙΟ[...], elephant standing to left (or right). Cf. SC 979; cf. HGC 9, 560. 1.11gr, 9mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Forepart of boar to left with short mane and dotted truncation; to right, tunny fish / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, star with four rays; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 14; SNG Arikantürk 446-447; SNG BnF 275. 0.33gr, 9mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Thraco-Macedonian standard. Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 41; HGC 3, 1323; SNG Ruse 106-117. 3.30gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
