LOT 2659
Seleukid Empire, Philip I Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 88/7–76/5 BC. Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY to right, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY [to outer left, Φ above A]; monogram beneath throne; all within wreath. SC 2463.2a; HGC 9, 1319. Good Very Fine.(15.75gr, 27mm, 12h.).
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 231.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Tetrobol. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Alexandria mint. Series 4B. Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / [ΠΤΟΛ]ΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right; cornucopia bound with royal diadem across shoulders behind, E between legs. CPE B366; Köln 91; SNG Copenhagen 224-226 (Ptolemy IV); Svoronos 974. 44.60gr, 38mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Lydia, Philadelphia AE 17mm. Circa 200-100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Macedonian shield with star in the boss / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛ-ΦΕΩΝ above and below thunderbolt; monogram above, all within wreath. GRPC Lydia 13; SNG Copenhagen 343-4. 3.72gr, 17mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. 37-43 CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Jerusalem mint. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). BAC[IΛЄധC AΓP]IΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; [L]-Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 3.04gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
