LOT 2987
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Struck 129-128 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
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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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. 10.29gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Cyprus. Paphos, Stasandros AR Stater. Second half 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
Bull standing to left; winged solar disk above, ankh to left, palmette ornament in exergue / Eagle standing to left; one-handled vase to left, 'pa-si sa-ta-sa' in Cypriot script around; all within dotted square in incuse square. Destrooper-Georgiades 15; Zapiti & Michaelidou 7; Tziambazis 7. 11.08gr, 22mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXII, 7 October 2021, lot 397. -
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): £78
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. 5.60gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
