LOT 3110
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 18mm. First reign, 146-138 BC. Tyre(?) mint. Uncertain date.
Diademed head of Demetrios II to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, stern of galley to left; above, date. Cf. HGC 9, 1000. Near Very Fine.(5.32gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Greek King of Baktria, Demetrios I AR Tetradrachm. 200-185 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Baktra, diademed and draped bust of Demetrios I to right, wearing elephant skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, youthful Herakles, nude, standing facing, crowning himself with a wreath with his right hand and holding club and lion skin his left; in inner left field, monogram. MIG 103e; HGC 12, 63. 15.06gr, 32mm, 12h.
Very FIne. Chipped.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 17mm. Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Tyche to right, veiled and turreted, palm at shoulder / Palm tree, monogram of Tyre to right, AN (date) to left, IEPA-Phoenician letters and A-ΣΥ (ligate) across field. Rouvier 1903, 2126; HGC 10, 364. 3.78gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype, cf. Kroll 10 and HGC 4, 1631; for another similar example cf. CNG, e-374, 229. 2.93gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Test cut.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
