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LOT 2670
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 22mm. Circa 246-225 BC. 'ΔΕΛ monogram' mint associated with Antioch.
Laureate head of Apollo to right, bow and quiver on shoulder / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚOY, bull butting to left; in upper left field, monogram of ΔΕΛ. SC 706a; HGC 9, 328. Very Fine.(7.81gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Apulia, Arpi AE 22mm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to left; ΔAIOY before, [thunderbolt behind] / Boar running to right; spearhead above, APΠANΩN in exergue. HN Italy 642; SNG ANS 635-9; HGC 1, 534. 7.04gr, 22mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Azes on horseback to right, wearing cataphractus and holding whip aloft; Karosthi letter before horse / Zeus Nikephoros standing to left, holding transverse sceptre; monogram to left, Karoshthi letter to right. Cf. Senior 105.500D; HGC 12, 655. 2.00gr, 15mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Nabataea, Rabbell II, with Gamilat AE 16mm. AD 70-106. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Rabbell to right / Veiled head of Shaqilat to right. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 153-4. 3.63gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
