LOT 2742
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second reign, 129-125 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Diademed and bearded head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑ-ΤΟΡΟΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and long sceptre with his left; Ξ to outer left, Δ beneath throne. SC 2166.2a; HGC 9, 1117b corr. (photo marked 1117a). Very Fine. Toned, areas of roughness and delaminations.(14.00gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 2742
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-316/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Series IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.68gr, 10mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980-1985. -
Kings of Commagene, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Oktachalkon. AD 38-72.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Samosata mint; struck circa AD 54-65. BAΣIΛΕYΣ MΕΓ-AΣ ANTIOXOΣ, diademed and draped bust of Antiochos IV to right / KOMMAΓ-HNΩN, scorpion within wreath; above, diadem. RPC I 3857; Kovacs 238 corr. (BAΣIΛΕYΣ not BAΣIΛΕΩΣ). 12.75gr, 27mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Blue-green patina.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Drachm. 222-205/4 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Alexandria mint. Series 5D, circa 219-205/4 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΔI between legs. CPE B495; Svoronos 1125; SNG Copenhagen -. 69.00gr, 41mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Nice colourful patina.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
