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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Phoenicia, Arados AR Third Shekel. Uncertain king, circa 370-346 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Contemporary imitation. Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad to right / Galley to right above waves; Aramaic letter above. For prototype: cf. E&E-A Group III; cf. HGC 10, 40-1. 3.19gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
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 237. -
Sicily, Piakos AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 425-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Π Ι Α Κ, head of youthful river god to left, wearing wreath of reeds and with horn above his forehead; in field to left, three pellets (mark of value) / Hound springing to right on the back of doe collapsing to right; to right, and left, wheat grain. CNS III, 2; HGC 2, 1101. 2.58gr, 14mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive cypress green patina. Rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Group of Seven [7] Ancient AE Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various types. 115gr total.
Near Fine to Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
