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)
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Phrygia, Peltae AE 10mm. Before 133 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus (or Herakles) to right / ΠΕΛΤΗ-ΝΩΝ, club with lion's skin hanging over handle, monogram(?) to right. Cf. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p.283, 6. 1.04gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia. Kings of Pergamon, Philetairos AE 15mm. 158-138 BC.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right wearing crested helmet / [Φ]ΙΛΕΤΑΙΡ[ΟY], coiled serpent; monogram in field. Cf. SNG BnF 1650; cf. SNG Copenhagen 343. 3.34gr, 15mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC.
