LOT 3284
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardes mint.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, two monograms to outer left, HP monogram to outer right. SC 660.8a; WSM 1659; HGC 9, 345. Very Fine. Rare.(3.81gr, 17mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.52gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Berenike II AE Tritartemorion. Struck circa 244-241 BC. Uncertain mint on the north Syrian coast.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed and draped bust of Berenike II to right / Illegible inscription, filleted cornucopia; club to left; [to right, eagle standing to left]. Svoronos 1048; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -; Noeske -. 7.66gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. A rare denonination not often in auctions.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 15mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Club within oak wreath, ΣAPΔI-ANΩN to either side. Cf. GRPC Lydia 80; cf. SNG Münich 486. 3.76gr, 15mm, 6mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
