LOT 2661
Seleukid Empire, Philip I Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes, circa 88-75 BC. Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY to right, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY to left; to outer left, Φ above A; monogram beneath throne, N in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2463.3g; HGC 9, 1319. Good Very Fine.(15.99gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 234.
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Group of Seven [7] Greek AE Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A copy of a Judaean coin included. 59gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
North Africa, Carthage AE 19mm. Circa 300-264 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse's head to right; sunburst before. Cf. MAA 57c; SNG Copenhagen 146. 4.34gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 486-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Type IIIb (early). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left; countermark: 121 / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 9. 5.48gr, 15mm.
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.
