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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Philistia, uncertain mint AR Obol. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Laureate and bearded male head to right / Owl standing facing, wings spread; olive spray to upper right; Α-Θ-Ε running anticlockwise from 2h to 5h; all within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XIV.29O. 0.58gr, 9mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 533, 22 February 2023, lot 254. -
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. -
Kings of Parthia. Phraates III AR Drachm. 70/69-58/7 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 62 BC. Diademed facing bust, wearing necklace with medallion / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOV APΣ-AKOV ΘΕOΠATOPOΣ EVEPΓETOV EΠIΦANOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ, archer seated to right on throne, holding bow; monogram of ΑΓ beneath bow. Sellwood 35.1 var. (Darius?); Sunrise 326; Shore -. 4.02gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
