LOT 3286
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos) AE 15mm. Circa 225-223 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Draped bust of Artemis to right; quiver at shoulder / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟ[Υ] to left, [monogram] to outer left, [monogram] in exergue. Cf. SC 922; HGC 9, 421. Near Very Fine.(3.68gr, 15mm, 2h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3286
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos) AE 15mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Diobol. Circa 390-330 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Janiform female head with circular earring; below, dolphin / ΛA-M-Ψ, head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; all within shallow incuse square. Baldwin Lampsakos pl. 6, 12; SNG BnF 1194. 1.22gr, 11mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AE 9mm. Clerouchy of Delos, Period III, circa 166-150 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Quiver; AΘΕ in fields. Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 106, 33-41. 0.94gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
It is in the Periods II-III and after the acquisition of Delos in 167/166 BC, that Delian Apollo and his attributes make their appearance as Athenian coin types and dominate the obverses of these small bronze denominations. -
Islands off Thessaly, Skiathos AE 13mm. Circa 350-344 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head to left, wearing taenia / ΣΚΙ-ΑΘΙ, kerykeion; herm to inner left. HGC 6, 414. 2.12gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
