LOT 3225
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardeis mint.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo standing to left, holding arrow in right hand and resting left on bow set on ground; to left, monogram of ΚΘ above monogram of ΜΗΤΡ. SC 660.5a; HGC 9, 345. Very Fine.(3.51gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AT (Ādurbādagān) mint. Bust to right, wearing crown, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS III, type IIa/1e. 4.17gr, 28mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.82gr, 11mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Asia Minor or Lydia, Uncertain Mint or King AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head of roaring lion to right / 'buquru'(sic) in Lydian(?) around symbol; all within circular incuse. SNG Kayhan 746 var. (uncertain mint of Ionia or Karia; no inscription); Rosen 406 var. (same). 0.31gr, 7mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
