LOT 2657
Seleukid Empire, Philip I Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 88-75 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes. Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY to right, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY to left, Φ above A in outer left field, monogram under throne. SC 2463.2a; HGC 9, 1319. Good Very Fine.(15.11gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection formed since the 1940s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. 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; unlisted countermark on rim / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 26. 5.40gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Dichalkon. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Alexandria mint. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, filleted cornucopiae to left, XP monogram between legs. CPE B401; Svoronos 970; SNG Copenhagen 185-7. 2.50gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Thirteen [13] AE Greek Coins. 4th-3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various cities. 18.45gr total.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
