LOT 3909
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. 312-281 BC. Uncertain mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ below, monogram to left, ΘE below throne. SC 295; Price 3786 (Babylonia); HGC 9, 10h. Near Very Fine.(17.01gr, 27mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx UK private collection.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 3909
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. After 133 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΙΠΠΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ (Hipponeikos), magistrate. Unbearded, laureate head of Herakles to right, lionskin knotted around neck / ΣAΡΔIANΩN IΠΠΟΝΕ[Ι]-ΚΟΣ, Apollo, naked, standing to left, holding raven and laurel branch, all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 88 corr. (ΙΠΠΕΝΕΙΚΟΣ). 5.52gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine, Very rare magistrate's name.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Cilicia, Anazarbos AE Dichalkon. Struck circa 19 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΝ, plow; monogram above AN to left. SNG Levante 1365 var. (slightly different monogram); Lindgren I 1420 var. (different monogram; no AN). 3.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes AE Half Unit. 306-283 BC. Pella mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Macedonian shield with monogram of Demetrios on the boss / BA-ΣΙ, Macedonian helmet; pedum(?) to left. Newell 128; HGC 3, 1019. 4.18gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
