Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 40

Price realized: 5,500 CHF   (Approx. 6,195 USD / 5,918 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochos II Theos, 261 – 246
Tetradrachm, Tarsus circa 261-246, AR 32 mm, 17.13 g. Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, holding arrow in r. hand and resting l. on grounded bow; in outer l. field, NK monogram and in exergue, AI monogram. CSE I 457 (this coin). Boehringer, Zur Chronologie Mittellenistischer Munzserein, 220-160 v. Chr., pl. 3, 10 (this coin). Tradart, Les monnaies de l'antiquité. Splendeurs et témoignages', 3.85 (this coin and illustrated on back cover). SC 562.
An elegant portrait of fine style struck in high relief with a light iridescent tone.
Good very fine / about extremely fine

Ex M&M XXV, 1962, 745; NFA XVIII, 1987, 296 and Lansky Lambert 7, 2023, 157 sales. From the 1962 Syria Hoard (IGCH X, 1531) and from the Arthur Houghton collection.
These same monograms appear on the coinage struck during the Ptolemaic occupation of Tarsus, c. 246-243, and on tetradrachms of Seleucus II (WSM 1315), indicating a date of issue for this tetradrachm late in the reign of Antiochus II. Possibly it is even a posthumous ("interregnum") issue struck for the defence of Cilicia against Ptolemy III, who did not initiate the Third Syrian War until after the death of Antiochus.

Estimate: 2000 CHF

Match 1:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 44

Price realized: 2,750 CHF   (Approx. 3,098 USD / 2,959 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochos II Theos, 261 – 246
Tetradrachm, Ecbatana circa 261-246, AR 31 mm, 17.16 g. Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, slight drapery on r. thigh, holding three arrows in r. hand, l. hand resting on bow; in l. field, HΛO monogram and horse grazing at feet, above, ATO monogram. Newell, ESM 541 (this obverse die). SNG Spaer –. SC 607a.
Rare. Struck in high relief and with a lovely light iridescent tone. Minor traces
of over-striking and double-striking, otherwise extremely fine

Ex CNG Mail bid sale 57, 2001, 567.

Estimate: 1000 CHF

Match 2:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 45

Price realized: 1,400 CHF   (Approx. 1,577 USD / 1,506 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochos II Theos, 261 – 246
Tetradrachm, Ecbatana circa 261-246, AR 28 mm, 17.05 g. Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, slight drapery on r. thigh, holding three arrows in r. hand, l. hand resting on bow; in l. field, HΔΣΩ monogram and horse grazing at feet, above, KPA monogram. Newell, ESM 541. SNG Spaer –. SC 607c.
Rare. Very fine

Ex Heritage sale 232302, 2023, 6290 (misattributed).

Graded AU strike 5/5, surface 3/5 – brushed, NGC certification number 6061197-018.

Estimate: 350 CHF

Match 3:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 46

Price realized: 2,250 CHF   (Approx. 2,534 USD / 2,421 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochos II Theos, 261 – 246
Tetradrachm, Antiochia circa 256-246, AR 28 mm, 16.94 g. Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ANTIOXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow, seated l. on omphalos; in l. field, ΛE monogram and in r. field, ΔI monogram of within circle. CSE 37. Le Rider 65. Kraay-Hirmer 744. SNG Spaer 335. WSM 971 (this coin). SC 571.4b.
Wonderful old cabinet tone, several minor marks and traces of double
striking on reverse, otherwise good very fine

Ex Egger 20, 1908, 579; Ars Classica X, 1925, 890; A. Poinsignon 3, 1982, 216 and Vinchon 26 April 1999, 236 sales. From the Baron Alexandre von Petrowicz.

Estimate: 300 CHF

Match 4:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 41

Price realized: 2,000 CHF   (Approx. 2,253 USD / 2,152 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochos II Theos, 261 – 246
Tetradrachm, Istrus circa 261-246, AR 30 mm, 17.01 g. Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in inner l. field, IΣ monogram and in exergue, ΣΩ and A. SC –, cf. 486.2b (different monogram in exergue). Black Sea Hoard 424 (this coin).
Extremely rare and in unusually fine condition for this important issue. Lovely iridescent.
tone, minor marks, otherwise about extremely fine / good very fine

Ex Heritage sale 3010, 2010, 20077. From the "Black Sea" hoard.
Tetradrachms with the head of Antiochus II and the IΣ control were originally attributed by Arthur Houghton and Catharine Lorber to an uncertain Hellespontine mint, possibly identifiable with Lampsacus, in SC I. This attribution was altered dramatically by the discovery of a Black Sea hoard published by Catharine Lorber and Constantin Marinescu in 2010 to which the present coin belongs. Based on their analysis of the hoard, it and related tetradrachms should actually be considered issues of Antiochus Hierax struck at Istrus. It may have been through alliance with this city, and through the payment of the tetradrachms struck there, that Hierax was ultimately able to hire a second army of Galatian mercenaries to undertake his disastrous war against Attalus I of Pergamon in 229-227 BC.

Estimate: 2500 CHF

Match 5:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 33

Price realized: 2,000 CHF   (Approx. 2,253 USD / 2,152 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Seleucid kings. Antiocus I Soter, 281 – 261
Tetradrachm, Smyrna circa 268-261, AR 32 mm, 16.92 g. Diademed head of Antiochus I r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOΧOΥ Apollo seated l. on omphalos, holding arrow in r. hand and resting l. hand on grounded bow, in inner l. field, ΠA monogram above inverted anchor. HGC 9, 128 (this coin). WSM 1492. SC 310.2 (this coin).
A bold portrait struck on an exceptionally large flan with a light iridescent tone.
Minor marks, otherwise good very fine

Ex Sotheby's 27-28 October 1993, 826 and Heritage 3032, 2014, 23291 sales. From the Andre Constantine Dimitriadis collection.

Estimate: 2000 CHF