Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 59

Price realized: 900 CHF   (Approx. 1,014 USD / 968 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochus Hierax, 242 – 227
Tetradrachm, Parion circa 242-227, AR 30 mm, 16.74 g. Diademed head of Antiochus Hierax r. Rev. [B]AΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ANTIOXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in exergue, mask of Pan and bull butting r. CSE 657. SNG Spaer –. SC 836.3.
Rare. Light iridescent tone, minor marks, otherwise good very fine

Ex Roma Numismatics e-sale 2, 2013, 318.
While his elder brother Seleucus II was away fighting against Ptolemy III Euergetes in the Third Syrian War (246-241 BC), Antiochus Hierax ("the Hawk") remained to govern Asia Minor. However, when Seleucus II returned, Hierax was disinclined to give up his power and instead claimed to be king in the region, apparently on the advice of his mother. This development started the War of the Brothers (ca. 239-236 BC) in which Hierax was able to defeat his brother at Ancyra with an army of Galatian mercenaries, thereby permanently excluding him from Asia Minor. Unfortunately, sometime after this the Galatians seem to have turned on their paymaster and forced Hierax to seek safety at Magnesia.After forming an alliance with Prusias I of Bithynia in 230 BC and resuming a friendly relationship with the Galatians, Antiochus Hierax then went to work trying to reduce the power of Attalus I of Pergamon in northwestern Asia Minor. This did not go nearly as well as the earlier war against Seleucus II. Between 229 and 227, Attalus I inflicted a series of defeats of Hierax and at last forced him out of Asia Minor north of the Taurus Mountains. Having now become a king without a kingdom, Antiochus Hierax plotted with his aunt Stratonice to seize the territory still held by Seleucus II while he was away on campaign against the Parthians. He mounted an invasion of Mesopotamia and Babylonia, but Seleucus II returned in time to drive him out. With few other places to go, Antiochus Hierax then fled to Thrace where he surrendered to the forces of Ptolemy III in the hope of gaining support for a new venture against his brother. Hierax was disappointed in this regard and found himself arrested. In an ironic twist, he managed to escape from his Ptolemaic captors to be killed at the hands of a marauding band of Galatians.

Estimate: 500 CHF

Match 1:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 74

Price realized: 1,600 CHF   (Approx. 1,802 USD / 1,721 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochus Hierax, 242 – 227
Tetradrachm, Elaea circa 242-227, AR 31 mm, 16.92 g. Diademed head Antiochus Hierax r. Rev. [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ – [A]NTIOΧOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in inner upper r. field, grain kernel within olive wreath. CSE 676 (this coin). SC 888 (this coin).
Apparently the only specimen known for this mint. Light iridescent tone, the obverse
from a rusty die and minor oxidation, otherwise extremely fine

Ex NFA XX, 1988, 768 and Gorny & Mosch 302, 2024, 227 sales. From the Asia Minor Hoard 1972 (ICGH I, 73) and from the Arthur Houghton collection.

Estimate: 1250 CHF

Match 2:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 216

Price realized: 800 CHF   (Approx. 901 USD / 861 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Demetrius I Soter, 162 – 150
Tetradrachm, uncertain Southeastern mint circa 161-150, AR 28 mm, 16.34 g. Diademed head of Demetrius I r. Rev. [B]AΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ΔHMHTPIOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in outer fields, monograms. SNG Spaer –. CSE 1092 = Mørkholm, Seleucid, p. 34, dies A1/P1 = Mørkholm, A Greek Coin Hoard from Susian, Acta Archaeologica 36, pl. III, C (these dies). SC 1717.
Of the highest rarity, only very few specimens known. Very fine

Estimate: 1000 CHF

Match 3:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 42

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, Istrus circa 261-246, AR 28 mm, 17.06 g. Diademed head of Antiochus II r. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ – [Α]ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in exergue, dolphin and IΣ. SC Ad112 (Lampsacus). Black Sea Hoard 421 (these dies).
Very rare and struck on a very unusual and interesting double edged flan.
Minor area of weakness on reverse, otherwise good very fine

Estimate: 1500 CHF

Match 4:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 129

Price realized: 180 CHF   (Approx. 203 USD / 194 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Seleucus IV Philopator, 187 – 175
Plated tetradrachm, contemporary imitation, Antiochia on the Orontes circa 187-175, AR 30 mm, 15.52 g. Diademed head of Seleucus IV r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ΣEΛE – YKOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in outer l. field, filleted palm. For prototype, cf. SC 1313.6a.
Old cabinet tone. Several scratches otherwise very fine

Ex Strobridge 6-9 October 1874, Commodore Middleton, 309 (purchased by prof. Charles E. Anthon) and Stack's Coin Galleries mail bid 8 November, 2000, 114 sales.

Estimate: 200 CHF

Match 5:
Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 149Auction date: 2 December 2024
Lot number: 61

Price realized: 1,200 CHF   (Approx. 1,352 USD / 1,291 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Antiochus Hierax, 242 – 227
Tetradrachm, Lampsacus circa 242-227, AR 30 mm, 17.00 g. Diademed head of Antiochus Hierax r. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ – ANTIOXOY Apollo seated l. on omphalos, testing arrow in r. hand and resting l. arm on grounded bow; in inner l. field, long torch and in exergue, forepart of Pegasus l. and MTEYO monogram. Houghton, Lampsacus, Series 4, dies A8/P13. CSE 653 (these dies). SC 851.2 (these dies).
Very rare, Struck in high relief, minor cleaning marks on reverse,
otherwise about extremely fine / good very fine

Ex Busso Peus sale 376, 2003, 516.

Estimate: 1000 CHF