LOT 3220
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 25mm. Circa 300-281 BC. Quasi-autonomous municipal issue of Seleukeia Pieria.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Winged thunderbolt; [ΣΕΛΕYΚEΩN] to right, monogram within circle to left. HGC 9, 1384. Fine.(13.73gr, 25mm.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darios I to Xerxes I AR Sixth Siglos. Circa 505-480 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, drawing bow / Incuse punch. Carradice Type II; Meadows, Administration -; BMC Arabia -; Brindley -; Klein -; Sunrise -. 0.82gr, 8mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 19mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; H-[F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 3.54gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cilicia, Mallos AR Tetrobol or Third Stater. Circa 440-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Winged male figure advancing to right, holding solar disc in both hands / [MAP], swan standing to right; barley grain before; all in dotted incuse square within shallow incuse square. Casabonne Type 4; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -. 3.01gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Coincraft. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
