LOT 3108
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 184 (AD 129/8 BC). Tyre mint.
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ [ΔΗMΗΤΡΙΟΥ], eagle standing to left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder, to left, IEPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, AΣY above ΔΠP (date), monogram between legs. SC 2195.2b; DCA 230; HGC 9, 1122. Good Very Fine. Areas of delamination and corrosion.(13.48gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3108
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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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. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. 5.54gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. Circa 121-113 BC. Ake-Ptolemais mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios standing facing, head to left, holding star in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; above, crescent; to left, monogram; all within laurel wreath. SC 2336.2a; HGC 9, 1197h. 14.02gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 16mm. 246-226 BC. ΔΕΛ mint, associated with Antioch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, zebu standing to left, monogram of ΔΕΛ in left field. SC 708. 4.12gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
