LOT 3109
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗMΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder, to left, [I]EPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, AΣY above ΔΠP (date), monogram between legs. SC 2195.2c; HGC 9, 1122; DCA2 170. Near Very Fine. Cleaned.(12.51gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Da Yuezhi Rulers of Baktria, Sapadbizes AR Hemidrachm. Early 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
CAΠΑΔΒΙ[ΖHC], helmeted bust right / ΝΑΝΑΙΑ, lion standing right, crescent and Λ above. ANS 1-2; HGC 12, 516; MIG 4, 509; Alram 1259. 1.57gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Phoenician galley to left / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letter between; all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 10, 240 (Sakton II). 0.74gr, 9mm, 9h.
Good Fine. Corroded surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor AE 26mm. Second sole reign, 163-145 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 7B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Isis to right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with open wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Svoronos 1384 (Ptolemy VI and Kleopatra I as Regent); SNG Copenhagen 279-87 (Ptolemy VI and Kleopatra I as Regent). 14.10gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
