LOT 3273
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 21mm. Second satrapy and kingship, struck circa late 280s BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Winged head of Medusa to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, bull butting to right; Ξ in exergue. SC 21.2b; HGC 9, 92a corr. (SC citation). Near Very Fine.(7.41gr, 21mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3273
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 21mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Tetartemorion. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Female head facing, her hair in two hanging braids / The Persian Great King in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in his right hand and bow in his left. Göktürk -; Troxell & Kagan 2 var. (hair style); Sunrise 97. 0.14gr, 6mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare Tetartemorion.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.40gr, 16mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Struck circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left; in left field, forepart of lion left above monogram; below throne, head right, wearing Phrygian cap. Thompson 65 var. (monogram); Müller -; Price 1582 var. (same); HGC 3, 1751c; SNG Saroglos 726. 4.38gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
