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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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Quarter Unit. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between club to right above and bow in bow-case to left below; eight-rayed star above. Price - (cf. 272, denomination); SNG Alpha Bank -. 1.29gr, 12mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Two [2] AE Coins of the Ptolemaic Kindgom of Egypt. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Time of Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII. 17.67gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Obol. Tiribazos, satrap of Lydia, 388-380 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Female kneeling to left, tossing astragaloi / Young male head to right. Göktürk 17; SNG BnF 239; SNG Levante 65. 0.63gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
