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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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip V AE Unit. 221-179 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion-skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, harpa and monogram within oak wreath. SNG Alpha Bank 1116-1119. 7.86gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-290 BC. Karrhai mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed 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; in left field, crescent above monogram of MAZP; monogram of AYP in circle beneath throne. SC 41.3b; Price 3816; HGC 9, 10a. 16.80gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Hekte or 1/6 Stater. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Bee / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Karwiese I Series IIIA, 21; SNG Kayhan 1227-30. 1.70gr, 10mm.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland.
