Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lot 4629    SESSION 12 (7.00PM FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $360

SYRIA, Seleucid kingdom of Seleucus III, (225/4- 222 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.07 g), Seleucia on the Tigris Mint, obv. head of Antiochus III to right, with diadem and long sideburns, rev. Apollo seated to left, on omphalos, holding arrow and resting on bow, to left **BASILEWS*, to right **SELEUKOU*, monograms MTP on far left, XT on far right, (S.6922 var., SC 939.3, HGC 9, 414i[R2], Newell ESM 216). Minor surface roughness in places, othrerwise very fine and a very rare variety.

Ex CNG Triton VIII, 10 January, 2005 (lot 1911 part).
Seleucus III main mints were in the west at Antioch and Apamea. Only a very small coinage was issued at the eastern mints. Seleuceia on the Tigris in the east had only a limited issue and are all very rare. The only 3 reported sale from this mint in Coin Archives one was in March 2005 (realised 320 Euros = $422US) and Herbert Grun sale 53 in 2010 (realised 575 Euros = $708US), all probably coming from the same hoard group as the Seleucid examples in this Noble 125 sale.