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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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LOT 3107
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Lydia, Sardeis AE 17mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC. ΗΡΑΙΟΣ (Heraios), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate bust of young Herakles to right, lion's skin tied around neck / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΗΡΑΙΟΣ, nude Apollo standing to left, holding bird and laurel branch; monogram of NωTE before; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 86; SNG Copenhagen 493; BMC Lydia pg. 240, 36; Waddington 5202. 6.50gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat AE 18mm. Struck circa AD 88/9-106/6. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate laureate and draped busts of Rabbel and Gamilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. CN 235; Meshorer, Nabataea 163. 3.81gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 20mm. Struck circa 210 BC. Uncertain mint 59 or 73.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Antiochos III to right as Apollo / Elephant with mahout advancing to right; unclear control marks; two c/ms: anchor within incuse rectangle and uncertain symbol within incuse rectangle. Cf. SC 1084-5, 1272, and 1275; HGC 9, 469. 10.45gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
