LOT 2979
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AE Serrate. 187-175 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with quiver over shoulder; [monogram of AB behind?] / Artemis huntress standing facing, head to left, holding spear and with small deer standing to left at her feet; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, monogram of AB or NB to outer right. Cf. SC 1317.3; HGC 9, 591. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.(5.47gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2979
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AE Serrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various mints and dates. 15.56gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Cleopatra Thea & Antiochos VIII AE 20mm. Dated SE 190 (123/2 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £144
Radiate and diademed head to right / Owl standing to right, head facing, on overturned amphora; BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ KΛEOΠATPAΣ in two lines to right, KAI BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in three lines to left; I [E] to outer right; below, ꟼP (date) and dolphin to right. SC 2263.3c; SNG Spaer 2448. 6.70gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 16mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 317-310 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Arethusa to left; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before, cornucopia behind / Bull butting to left; NI above. CNS 107; HGC 2, 1489. 3.30gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
