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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Phoenicia, Sidon. Mazaios (Mazday), satrap of Eber Nari AR Sixteenth Shekel. 353-333 BC. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Phoenician galley sailing to left; [date in Phoenician above], waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; MZ (in Phoenician) between. HGC 10, 265. 0.70gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
India, Indo-Sasanian Gadhiya Paisa BI Drachm. Circa AD 950-1050.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Indo-Sasanian style bust to right; pellets and ornaments around / Stylised fire altar; pellets around. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 422-4. 4.03gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Kings of Galatia, Deiotaros AE 18mm. Circa 62-40 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; to left, monogram. HGC 7, 775. 6.35gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
