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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Islands off Cilicia, Elaioussa Sebaste AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Laureate head of Zeus to right; Σ behind / EΛAIOYΣΣΙΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; ΔIΟ to left. SNG BnF 1131 var. (obv. control); SNG Levante 823 var. (same). 7.44gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Rare variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Heraclea Salbace AE 15mm. Circa time of Tiberius, AD 14-37. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ (Apollonios, son of Apollonios), magistrate. AΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΥ, head of Dionysus(?) to right / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΩΝ, Zeus seated to right, holding Nike and long sceptre. RPC I, 2857; SNG Copenhagen 391. 3.40gr, 15mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Female head to left, with hair in sakkos / Λ-A P-I, amphora; kerykeion to left. SNG von Aulock 1658; Klein 338. 1.26gr, 11mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
