| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1259 Price realized: 150 CHF (Approx. 171 USD / 158 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes III Euergetes, 127-94 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.51 g, 12 h), Nikomedeia, CY 184 = 114/3. Diademed head of Nikomedes III to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - EΠIΦANOΥΣ / NIKOMHΔOΥ Zeus standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long scepter in his left; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram and ΔΠΡ (date). De Callataÿ p.55, dies D48/R-. HGC 7, 645. RG p. 230. Harshly cleaned and with some pitting, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 657 Price realized: 1,200 CHF (Approx. 1,362 USD / 1,259 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes IV Philopator, 94-74 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.18 g, 12 h), Nikomedeia, BE 214 = 85/4 BC. Diademed head of Nikomedes IV to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - EΠIΦANOΥΣ / NIKOMHΔOΥ Zeus standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long scepter in his left; to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram and ΔΙΣ; in exergue, monogram. Callataÿ p. 65, a (this coin, D229/R2). HGC 7, 646. RG -. Beautifully toned and with an attractive portrait. Minor marks, otherwise, good very fine. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 99, 13 May 2015, 168, from the Gutekunst collection, Roma VII, 22 March 2014, 733, ex Elsen 108, 12 March 2011, 132, Elsen 63, 16 September 2000, 395 and Leu 53, 21 October 1991, 97. Starting price: 250 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1260 Price realized: 600 CHF (Approx. 682 USD / 633 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Nikomedes IV Philopator, 94-74 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.18 g, 12 h), BE 210 = 88/7. Diademed head of Nikomedes IV to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - EΠIΦANOYΣ / NIKOMHΔOY Zeus standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long scepter in his left; to left, eagle standing on thunderbolt above magistrate's monogram and IΣ (date). Callataÿ p. 64. HGC 7, 646. RG -. Well centered and with a particularly flamboyant portrait. Very minor roughness and some die wear, otherwise, about extremely fine. Ex Roma E-Auction 89, 28 October 2021, 407 and Classical Numismatic Group, E-Auction 330, 9 July 2014, 45. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 654 Price realized: 1,400 CHF (Approx. 1,589 USD / 1,468 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS OF BITHYNIA. Prusias II Cynegos, 182-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.86 g, 12 h), Nikomedeia. Head of Prusias II to right, wearing winged diadem. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ Zeus standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long scepter in his left; in inner left field, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram of ΜΕ. HGC 7, 622. RG 10a. SNG Lockett 2682. SNG von Aulock 254. Sharply struck and with a wonderful portrait. Light scratches and with minor areas of smoothing, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 500 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1085 Price realized: 400 CHF (Approx. 454 USD / 420 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos III 'the Great', 222-187 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27 mm, 17.10 g, 12 h), ΔI mint, after circa 197. Diademed head of Antiochos III to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIOXOΛ [sic] Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; in exergue, ΔI. SC -, cf. 1112 (differing legend and treatment of diadem ends). Apparently unpublished. A few light marks, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. This remarkable variety of SC 1112 features Antiochos III's Type D portrait but with the slightly curving diadem ends of SC 1113 (Type E portrait) and an erroneous spelling of the royal name. While the misspelling might suggest a contemporary counterfeit, in all other regards this piece looks like an official issue of the ΔI mint. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1146 Price realized: 245 CHF (Approx. 278 USD / 257 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos), 121/0-97/6 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.47 g, 12 h), Ake-Ptolemais, circa 121-113. Diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ Zeus Ouranios standing front, head to left, holding star in his right hand and long scepter in his left; above, crescent; to left, monogram; all within laurel wreath. SC 2336.2a. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die and with a scratch on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
