LOT 3099
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 16mm. 246-226 BC. ΔΕΛ mint, associated with Antioch.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, zebu standing to left, monogram of ΔΕΛ in left field. SC 708. Very Fine.(4.12gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AV Stater. 281-261 BC. Uncertain or Aï Khanoum mint. Imitative issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,073
Diademed head to right / BAIIΛΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧ, horsehead to right, ΔΙ to right. For prototype cf. ESM 683a; cf. Vecchi I, 360, A13 p.14; cf. Kritt, The Seleucid Mint of Aϊ Khanoum, pl.38.2. 8.21gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Oxford academic collection; ex de Clermont. -
Nabataea, Syllaios, with Aretas IV AR Quarter Sela'-Drachm. 9-6 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head of Obodas III to right; [Aramaic letter before] / Aramaic 'shin' (Syllaios) and 'het' (Aretas) within wreath. Cf. Barkay, Usurper 4; cf. Huth 60; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea Sup 4. 1.05gr, 112mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Obverse off-centre.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod III Antipas AE Unit. Dated RY 24 (20/1 CE). Tiberias mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
HPധΔOY TЄTPAPX, palm frond; L KΔ (date) flanking / TIBЄPIAC in two lines within wreath. RPC I, 4918; Meshorer 75; Hendin 6230; Bromberg -; Shoshana I 20107; Sofaer 87; Spaer -. 12.77, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Well struck for issue.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
