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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Islands off Ionia, Chios AR Drachm. Struck circa 290-275 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, M within circle above grape bunch. Price -, cf. 2325 (slightly differing monogram). 3.76gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Arados mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; AP (civic) monogram in left field. Price 3426 (Byblos); Taylor, Reattribution 294–307. 16.40gr, 28mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 33 (253/2 BC). Tyre mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ [ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; TYP civic monogram above club in left field, ΛΓ (date) above MA monogram in right field; MY or MI monogram between eagle's legs. CPE 600; Svoronos 676; SNG Copenhagen 490; BMC -; Meydancikkale -; Noeske -; DCA 20. 14.04gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
