LOT 2735
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos) AR Tetradrachm. 225-222 BC.
Antiochia on the Orontes mint. Diademed head of Seleukos III to right / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΕΛΕ-ΥΚΟΥ, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, holding arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; monogram of ΞΥ to outer left and monogram of ΩΡ to outer right. SC 921.1; HGC 9, 414c. Very Fine. Some deposits.(16.54gr, 28mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2735
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos) AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Caria, Iasos AE 20mm. Circa 200-150 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Jugate heads of Apollo, laureate, and Artemis to right / Hermias swimming with dolphin to right; IAΣΕΩΝ. Cf. HN Online 277 (temporary). 8,48gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; [H-F?] in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114; cf. SNG ANS 1438-43; cf. Sofaer 67-9. 4.11gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'Bucranium Series'. Diademed male head to left; curved symbol of Almaqah to left, symbol of Athtar to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above / Head of antelope facing; monogram to left, curved symbol of Almaqah to right; disc-crescent of Dhat-Hamim above. CAF -; Huth 304; BMC -; SNG ANS -. 2.51gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
