LOT 3285
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 11mm. 246-226 BC. Uncertain mint in Northern Syria or Mesopotamia.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet / [ΒΑΣΙ ΣΕΛΕ], forepart of horned(?) horse to left; in left field, monogram; in right field, EY. SC -; HGC 9, -; Obolos 24, 325. Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and apparently the second known example.(1.38gr, 11mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 450-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Janiform female heads, with central earring / ΛΑ-[Μ]-Ψ, helmeted head of Athena to right within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos Group B, Type I, 3-4; SNG Arikantürk 621. 1.28gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos(?) AE 13mm. Circa 261-246 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated to left on omphalos; [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, [ΑΝ]ΤΙΟΧ[ΟΥ] to left. Cf. SC 611; cf. HGC 9, 286. 2.48gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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. 5.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
