LOT 3117
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 22mm. Dated Pompeian Era 19(?) (48 BC).
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and sceptre in left; above Zeus, thunderbolt; in the left field, cornucopia; IΘ(?) (date) in exergue; all within laurel wreath. HGC 9, 1366. Good Very Fine.(10.04gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray to left. Cf. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; cf. Huth 40. 8.36gr, 22mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. Circa 121-113 BC. Ake-Ptolemais mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios standing facing, head to left, holding star in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; above, crescent; to left, monogram; all within laurel wreath. SC 2336.2a; HGC 9, 1197h. 14.02gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 16mm. 246-226 BC. ΔΕΛ mint, associated with Antioch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, zebu standing to left, monogram of ΔΕΛ in left field. SC 708. 4.12gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
