LOT 2648
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. 187-175 BC.
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΕΛ-ΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; filleted palm frond to outer left. SC 1313.6a; HGC 9, 582d. Very Fine.(17.17gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private collection in Europe.
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LOT 2648
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £943
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Group of Seventeen [17] Mixed Ancient Greek Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various types. 54gr total.
Near Fine to Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV(?) AE 15mm. 9 BC - AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Petra mint. Laureate head to right / Crossed cornucopiae. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 73a; cf. Sofaer 48. 3.31gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. 285-246 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £96
Tyre mint. Undated issue, struck circa 274 BC. Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / [ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; in left field, civic monogram of TYP above club. CPE 561; Svoronos 644; SNG Copenhagen 482-3. 13.58gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Banker's mark on obverse, zig-zag graffito on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 274.
