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LOT 3107
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow to left; palm frond in background; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.1b; Newell, Tyre 82; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. Very Fine.(13.09gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Paphlagonia, Sinope AE 22mm. Circa 85-65 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right /ΣΙΝΩΠΗΣ, eagle with spread wings standing facing slightly to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; monogram of ETA to left, star to right. SNG BM Black Sea 1547-9; HGC 7, 421. 6.49gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Earthern brown patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Magistrate Timotheos Menela, head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / AKMONE TIMOΘEOY MENEΛA, Asklepios standing facing, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. SNG Copenhagen 12. 2.77gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC. Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-).
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £1,100
Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). 7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centered.
Property of a late collector. Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6.
