LOT 3237
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 24mm. Struck circa 146-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; in exergue, monogram of MHT and star. SC 1912.1a; HGC 9, 992. Very Fine.(13.24gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AE 23mm. Circa 146/5 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Apollo seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow; [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΔΗΜΗΤ[ΡΙΟΥ] in two lines to right, ΘΕΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕ[ΛΦΟΥ] ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡ[ΟΣ] in three lines to left, [monograms] in exergue. HGC 9, 992. 11.94gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
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Ionia, Miletos AE 18mm. 1st century BC. ΣΩΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ(?) (Sostratos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cult statue of Apollo Didymaios standing to right, holding small stag in his right hand and bow in his left; to right, monogram / [...]ΤΡΑ[...], lion recumbent to right, head to left; above, star. Cf. Deppert-Lippitz 989-94; cf. SNG München 760. 3.70gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres) AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC-1st century AD. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and torque; [symbol] to right / Vahšīr standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 582/585; K&M 4/21; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 125; Alram 583; cf. Sunrise 606. 1.99gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
