LOT 2664
Seleukis and Pieria, Seleukeia Pieria AE 21mm. Circa 200-1 BC.
Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Adelphoi Demoi ("Brother Peoples") issue. Laureate head of Zeus to right / Winged thunderbolt; EΞP (date), monogram of BA and AΔEΛΦΩN above; ΔHMΩN and monogram of BYΠ below; all within wreath. BMC 6-8 (Antioch); HGC 9, 1396. Very Fine.(8.29gr, 21mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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. -
Philistia, Gaza ('Azah) AR Obol. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Janiform female and male heads (only the male side visible) / Forepart of galloping horse to right; zayin and 'ayin above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.7O; Mildenberg, Gaza, pl. XXV, 19; HGC 10, 567. 0.73gr, 8mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s; Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 444, 15 May 2019, lot 210. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darios II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Type IIIb (early). 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; countermark: similar to 72 & 73. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 3; Sunrise 25. 5.53gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
