LOT 3122
Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanum AE 20mm. Dated year 2 of the Pompeian Era (63/2 BC). ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΣ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Ptolemaios, son of Mennaios), tetrarch and archiereus.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / The Dioskouroi standing facing one another, each holding spear; [L B] ΠTOΛEMA[I] to right, TETPAPX APXE(sic) to left; all within wreath. DCA 473; HGC 9, 1440. Very Fine.(5.19gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phrygia, Apameia, AE 20mm. c.133-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Andron- and Alkio- magistrates, laureate head of Zeus right / ΑΝΔΡΟΝ ΑΛΚΙΟ, cult statue of Artemis Anaïtis facing. SNG Copenhagen 177; SNG von Aulock 8338. 7.30gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
8 Group of Ten [10] Greek Caria Stratonikeia AE Units. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types. 62.44gr total, 18-21mm.
Condition as shown.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AE Serrate. 175-164 BC. Antioch on the Orantes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Laureate head of Apollo to right; monogram of AB behind / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo standing to left, leaning on tripod and testing arrow; monogram of AB above monogram of MT in inner left field. SC 1315.7f; SNG Spaer 856; HGC 9, 584. 9.95gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
