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 Exceedingly rare; unpublished and apparently the second known example.(1.38gr, 11mm, 2h.).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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LOT 3285
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 11mm.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-332 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘ-ΟΣ, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to left; behind, in the field to right, star of eight rays / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. triskeles to left. Calciati 82; HGC 2, 1457; SNG ANS 544; SNG Morcom 720. 6.46gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly tooled.
Ex John Moore, York, UK, in the late 1990s. Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman. -
Achaia. Achaian League, Uncertain Mint AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 280-146 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Monogram of the Achaian League; Λ-Ν(?) across fields, uncertain symbol below. 2.22gr, 15mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Seleukid Empire. Antiochos II Theos AE 16mm. 261-246 BC. Sardis mint.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, tripod; in outer fields, monograms; in exergue, anchor. Cf. SC 527.1; HGC 9, 253a. 3.52gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
