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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Mysia, Lampsakos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Apollo(?) to left, wearing taenia / Helmeted head of Athena to left; laurel wreath on bowl. Cf. SNG Arikantürk 613 (no wreath on bowl); cf. Asia Minor Coins #15131 (same). 0.19gr, 7mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare variant.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
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Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis IV, with Philip I BI Stater. Dated 544 BE (AD 247/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOVΠOPIΔ, diademed head of Rheskouporis to right / Laureate head of Philip I to right; club before, ΔMΦ (date) below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3312; MacDonald 606. 7.07gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Some delamination to reverse.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Thebe AE 9mm. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of grain ears / [ΘΗ]Β-A, forepart of Pegasos with curled wing to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, p. 247, 95c. 0.78gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
