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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Edom (Idumaea) or Arabia, Lihyan AR Drachm. Circa 350-250 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Stylised helmetted head of Athena to right; O to upper right (= 'ayin?) / Incuse owl standing to right, head facing; to left, head of ram downward; Aramaic m'rb or m'db to right; all within incuse square. Huth 35 = NAC 46, lot 295; CNG 193, lot 124. 4.03gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Heavily scratched. Extremely rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXVII Online Sessions, 17 January 2024, lot 5325. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 22. 5.46gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly light tooling.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 353-294 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field. HGC 4, 1599. 16.42gr, 24mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
