| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1689 Price realized: 800 CHF (Approx. 909 USD / 845 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter (?), 281-261 BC. Obol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.66 g, 1 h), uncertain mint in the East. Head of an elephant to right. Rev. A B Horned head of a horse to right. SC 407. An extremely rare elephant and horse head obol. Struck from rusty and somewhat worn dies and with minor areas of corrosion, otherwise, good very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. For a connected issue with a similar horned horse on the reverse, see lot 1688 above. SC assigns the present issue to Antiochos I, but it might as well have been issued in the joint rule of Seleukos I and his son, when the latter was administrating the East, or perhaps even under Seleukos' sole reign. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1690 Price realized: 320 CHF (Approx. 364 USD / 338 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos I Soter, 281-261 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18 mm, 4.13 g, 1 h), Magnesia on the Maeander. Diademed head of Antiochos I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIOXOY Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding bow in his right hand and resting his left on omphalos; to outer left, AI; in exergue, K. SC 328. WSM 1471. A lovely coin with a fine portrait. Some roughness and deposits on reverse, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1691 Price realized: 170 CHF (Approx. 193 USD / 179 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos II Theos, 261-246 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.49 g, 9 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris. Diademed head of Antiochos I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ANTIOXOY Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on grounded bow; to left and right, monograms. ESM 180. SC 587.1c. Harshly cleaned, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1718 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 625 USD / 581 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.53 g, 1 h), Seleukeia on the Tigris. Diademed head of Demetrios I to right; behind, monogram. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY - ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ Tyche, holding arrow in her right hand and cornucopia in her left, seated left on throne supported by tritoness right. SC 1690.7. Extremely rare. Harshly cleaned, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 26, 8-13 July 2023, 1535 and previously from a North American collection. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1714 Price realized: 160 CHF (Approx. 182 USD / 169 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.00 g, 1 h), Antiochia on the Orontes. Diademed head of Demetrios I to right within laurel wreath. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΔHMHTPIOY Tyche seated left on throne supported by tritoness right, holding scepter in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; in exergue, monogram of HP. SC 1638.2d. Harshly cleaned, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1625 Price realized: 50 CHF (Approx. 57 USD / 53 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator (?), 312-281 BC. Obol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.40 g, 1 h), perhaps Seleukeia on the Tigris I, circa 296/5 or later. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. ΣΑ Nike advancing right, holding wreath in her right hand. SC Ad76 var. (A to right). Apparently unpublished. Somewhat porous and with minor deposits, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. This coin appears to be a new variety of the rare issue tentatively published as a an issue of Seleukos I in SC. It is remarkable, not only for the differing legend (abbreviating the names of Seleukos I and Antiochos I?), but for the different style in the treatment of Herakles and especially Nike. On SC Ad76 she is shown with pointed, open wings as if in flight, whereas here they are closed. Perhaps the coins were issued in different mints, explaining their stylistic differences. Starting price: 50 CHF |  |
