LOT 3219
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, struck circa 311-300 BC. Babylon I mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings, monogram of MHTP within wreath in left field, H beneath strut of throne. Price 3704; SC 82.6; HGC 9, 10f. Very Fine. Light toning.(16.97gr, 26mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE 2 Prutot. 40-4 BCE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ΗPΩΔOΥ ΒΑ[CΙΛΕΩC], closed diadem with cross at centre / Tripod table with flat object (vessel?) upon it; palm fronds flanking. Hendin 6213. 1.99gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.51gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.54gr, 15mm.
Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
