JUSTIFICACIÓN ECONOMICA DEL PROYECTO DE LEY

Kingdom of Pontus, lot 265; Kingdom of Lydia, lots 273, 274, 276.

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255 Alexander III, the Great (336-323 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 17.18g, Babylon, 325-323 BC, head of young Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress, rev.AΛΕΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre, monogram and Munder throne (Price 3599;

SNG Oxford 3054), about extremely fine £300-400

256 Demetrios Poliorketes (306-283 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 17.38g, Salamis, c.300-295 BC, winged Nike standing left on prow, blowing trumpet and holding mast, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, naked Poseidon standing left, chlamys wound round left arm, brandishing trident in right hand, monogram in form of double-axe on left, HPmonogram between

legs (Newell 60, pl.3, 3 reverse die),almost extremely fine, reverse good very fine £1,000-1,400

257 Demetrios Poliorketes (306-283 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 17.18g, Amphipolis, diademed head right, with bull’s horn, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY, Poseidon seated left on rocks, holding aplustre and trident, two monograms on left, another behind (Newell 105; SNG

ANS 335), toned, almost extremely fine £1,000-1,200

258 Philip V (221-179 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 17.00g, Pella, 221 BC, diademed, bearded head right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛΙΠΠOY, Athena Alkidemos advancing left, holding shield and brandishing thunderbolt, monograms on left and right (Mamroth, ZfN 40, 1; SNG Alpha

Bank 1049), rare, good very fine £1,600-2,000

PROVENANCE

Margaretha Ley Collection, Lanz 70, 21 November 1994, lot 64.

259 Philip V (221-179 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.78g, Macedonian shield with, at its centre, head of the hero Perseus left, wearing winged helmet terminating in forepart of griffin, harpa behind neck, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦAΛIΠΠOY above and below club, monogram above, another two below, all within oak-wreath, star on left (Mamroth, ZfN 40, 15var.),

extremely fine £1,000-1,200

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257 258

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256

260 Perseus (179-168 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 15.48g, diademed head right with light beard, rev.BAΣAΛEΩΣ ΠRPΣΩΣ, eagle with spread wings, standing on thunderbolt right monograms above and to right, Φbetween legs, all within oak-wreath, plough below (Mamroth, ZfN

40, 18b), toned, extremely fine £800-1,000

261 Macedon under the Romans, Aesillas, Quaestor,¡ Tetradrachm, 16.89g, c.70 BC, head of Alexander the Great right, with horn of Ammon, MAKEΔ[ONΩN], rev.AESILLAS Q, club between cista (money chest) and sella (quaestor’s chair), all within olive-wreath

(BMC 85), traces of overstriking, extremely fine £350-450

Greece

262 Attica, Athens (post 449 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 17.19g, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. AΘE, owl standing right, head facing, olive-spray and crescent behind (cf. SNG Delepierre 1450-1453 and Svoronos pl. 16, 22), countermarked with Phoenician letter in

reverse field, test-cut across owl’s neck, toned, good very fine £300-400

PROVENANCE:

Bonham’s 21 May 1980, lot 125

263 Attica, Athens (165/164 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.95g, head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested helmet with raised cheek-pieces, ornamented with griffin, tendrils and horses, rev. AΘE, owl standing half right on upturned amphora inscribed with I, ME below, winged caduceus on left, magistrates ΠOΛYXAP, NIKOΓ, ΘEMIΣTOKΛH(Thompson

379i), almost extremely fine £280-350

264 Corinth (c.400-375 BC), Pegasos flying left, koppa beneath, rev. helmeted head of Athena left, Eand poppy-head behind (BMC 329; Ravel 986), minor die-flaw on chin,

toned, good very fine £200-300

260 261

262 263

264

Kingdom of Pontus

265 Mithradates VI, Eupator (120-63 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.64g, May 75 BC, diademed head right, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ, stag grazing left, star in crescent and monogram on left, date BKΣ(year 222) and monogram on right, H below, all within ivy-wreath (Recueil Générale 16; De Callatay p.18-19)), attractively toned,

extremely fine £1,600-2,000

PROVENANCE

Sotheby 7 March 1996, lot 107

Mysia

266 Mysia, Pergamum (c.76-67 BC), ¡ Cistophorus, 12.49g, cista mystica with serpent emerging, all within ivy-wreath, rev. two erect serpents either side of bow-case, monogram of Pergamum on left, serpent-entwined thyrsus on right, THand monogram

above (Kleiner 49), toned, good very fine £100-150

Kingdom of Pergamum

267 Philetairos (282-263 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 17.18g, head of the deified Seleukos I right, wearing taenia, rev.ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, right hand on shield before her, holding spear in left, A on throne, ivy-leaf on left, bow behind (SNG France 1600;

Newell, NNM 76, 41 and pl. 10, 2, obv. die), powerful portrait, almost extremely fine £4,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:

Numismatica Ars Classica 27, 12 June 2004, lot 179

268 Attalos I (241-197 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.50g, head of Philetairos right, wearing laurel-wreath and diadem entwined, rev. ΦIΛETAIPOY, Athena enthroned left, crowning king’s name with wreath and leaning elbow on shield at her side, coiled snake on far left, monogram on left, bow behind (cf. Westermark p. 69, V.CXII/R.16), toned, some surface

erosion behind Athena, good very fine £400-500

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267 268

Kingdom of Bithynia

269 Prusias I (c.230-182 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.95g, diademed head right, with short beard, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠPOYΣIOY, Zeus Stratios standing left, holding sceptre and crowning king’s name with wreath, thunderbolt and monogram on left (Recueil Générale - , cf.

p.220 and pl. XXIX), minor metal flaw in left field of reverse, excellent metal and portrait,

extremely fine £1,500-2,000

270 Prusias II (c.182-149 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.89g, head right, wearing winged diadem, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠPOYΣIOY, Zeus standing left, holding sceptre and crowning king’s name with wreath, eagle standing left on thunderbolt and monogram on left (Recueil

Générale p.221), good very fine £500-600

PROVENANCE:

Baldwins 9 October 2001, lot 1034

271 Nikomedes III (c.128-94 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.69g, 126 BC, diademed head of Nikomedes II right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY, Zeus standing left, holding sceptre and crowning king’s name with wreath, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monogram and date BOP(year 172) on left (De Callatay pl. XV, D12 - R1a = this coin;

SNG Von Aulock 6894), toned, good very fine £500-600

PROVENANCE:

Leu 2, 25 April 1972, lot 224

Munzen und Medaillen, 19 June 1975, lot 163 Spink Auction 165, 28-29 Spetember 2005, lot 121

272 Nikomedes IV (c.94-74 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.14g, 90/89 BC, diademed head of Nikomedes II right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKOMHΔOY, Zeus standing left, holding sceptre and crowning king’s name with wreath, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monogram and date HΣ(year 208) on left (SNG Von Aulock 267; De Callatay p. 63),

almost extremely fine £400-500

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271 272

Kingdom of Lydia

273 Uncertain king (early 6th cent. BC), Electrum Trite, 4.86g, lion’s head right, radiate sun on forehead, rev. oblong punch, roughly divided in two (Boston 1763; SNG Kayhan

1013), minor marks under magnification, unusually fine, about extremely fine £900-1,200

274 Time of Kroisos (560-546 BC), ¡ Half Stater, 5.30g, Sardis, foreparts of lion and bull confronted, rev. two square incuse punches, of unequal size, side-by-side (SNG Von

Aulock 2875ff ), toned, good very fine £400-500

275 Under Persian Rule, King Darius I (549-486 BC), ¡ Siglos, 5.49g, Sardis, c.500-485 BC, the Great King kneeling right, firing bow, rev. oblong punch (Carradice type II),

toned, very fine £200-300

276 Under Persian Rule (c.375-350 BC), ¿ Daric, 8.27g, the Great King kneeling right,

holding spear and bow, rev. oblong punch (Carradice type IIIb), good very fine £800-1,000

Cilicia

277 Tarsos, Satrap Datames (378-362 BC), ¡ Stater, 9.65g, Baal of Tarsos enthroned right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and corn-ear with bunch of grapes, thymiaterion at side, Aramaic ‘Baal Tars’ behind, all within crenellated border representing the city battlements, rev. Satrap seated right, examining arrow, bow at his feet, winged solar disk

on right, Aramaic ‘Tadnmu’ behind (SNG Levante 85ff), toned, very fine £300-400 278 Tarsos, Satrap Mazaios (361-334 BC), ¡ Stater, 11.06g, Baal of Tarsos enthroned left,

head facing, holding corn-ear with bunch of grapes and lotus-headed sceptre, Aramaic

‘Baal Tars’ on right, and letters below throne and at his feet, rev. lion attacking bull left, monogram below (SNG Levante 106), top of Baal’s head weakly struck, reverse a little off

centre, extremely fine £300-400

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274 275

276

277 278

Kingdom of Commagene

279 Iotape, wife of Antiochos IV of Commagene (AD 38-72), Æ 25mm, Samosata, her diademed and draped bust right, BACIΛICCA IΩTAΠH ΦIΛAΔΕΛΦOC, rev. KOMMAΓHNΩN,

scorpion, all within laurel-wreath (BMC 1, pl. XV, 4), minor pitting, good very fine £140-180

Kingdom of Cappodocia

280 Ariarathes VII, Philometor (c.116-101 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.58g, Eusebeia Tyana, c.116 BC, diademed head right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ APIAPAΘOY ΦIΛOMHTOPOΣ, Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear and shield, between Oand Λ, monogram and Aon left, all within olive-wreath (Mørkholm, SNR 57, pl. 42, 14, dies; de Callatay pl. 44, 194), very rare,

about extremely fine £2,500-3,000

PROVENANCE:

Numismatica Ars Classica 27, 12 May 2004, lot 201

281 Ariarathes IX, Eusebes (c.101-87 BC), ¡ Drachm, 4.08g, diademed head right, rev.

Athena standing left, holding Nike, spear and shield (Simonetta 4a), toned, reverse weakly

struck, extremely fine £80-100

Kingdom of Syria

282 Seleukos I, Nikator (312-280 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 17.23g, Seleucia, c.292/291 BC, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Athena in quadriga of horned elephants right, brandishing spear and holding shield, anchor above, ΔO beneath

(Houghton, CSE, 921), very fine £600-800

283 Seleukos I, Nikator (312-280 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 17.09g, Susa, c.304-297 BC, head of Alexander the great right, wearing helmet covered in panther skin and ornamented with bull’s horns and ear, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Nike walking right, placing wreath on trophy of arms, monogram between and another on left (Newell, ESM, 426; Houghton,

CSE, 1023), extremely fine £5,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

Gemini, 10 January 2006, lot 130

284 Seleukos I, Nikator (312-280 BC), ¡ Drachm, 4.16g, Susa, head of Alexander the Great right, wearing helmet covered in panther skin and ornamented with bull’s horns and ear, rev. Nike walking right, placing wreath on trophy of arms, AXbetween (Newell,

ESM, 418; Houghton, CSE, 1024), about very fine £400-500

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282 283 284

285 Seleukos II, Kallinikos (246-226 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.34g, Antioch, diademed head right, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo standing left, holding arrow and leaning elbow on tall tripod behind him, monograms on left and right (cf. Newell, WSM, 991),

extremely fine £600-800

286 Antiochos I, Soter (280-261 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.83g, Seleucia, c.278-274 BC, diademed head right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, monogram on left (Newell, ESM, 140, pl. XIII, 8, dies: Seleucid Coins

378(3)), toned, almost extremely fine £400-500

287 Antiochos II, Theos (261-246 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.66g, Seleucia, diademed head of Antiochos I right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, monograms on left and right (Newell, ESM, 178:Seleucid Coins 587(1)),

good very fine, reverse very fine £180-220

288 Antiochos Hierax (246-227 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 15.62g, Lampsakos, head of youthful Hierax (?) right, wearing winged diadem, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, bee on left (Newell, WSM, 1545: Seleucid Coins

850(2)), toned, good very fine £500-600

289 Seleukos III, Keraunos (226-223 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.98g, Antioch, diademed head right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, monograms on left and right (Newell, WSM, 1029; Seleucid Coins 921(1)), toned,

very fine £250-350

PROVENANCE:

Lanz November 2005, lot 460

290 Antiochos III, the Great (223-187 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.90g, Antioch, c.223-210 BC, diademed head right, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, monogram on left (Newell, WSM, 1044; Seleucid Coins

1041(1)), broad flan, toned, good very fine £300-400

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291 Seleukos IV, Philopator (187-175 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.79g, Ake-Ptolemais, diademed head right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, A/Bmonogram to left, palm-branch outer left field, IAin ex. (Houghton,

CSE, 771; SNG Israel 928), toned, rare, about extremely fine £450-550 292 Antiochos, son of Seleukos IV (c.175-170 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 15.88g, Antioch, 175

BC, diademed head right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo seated left, holding arrow and

bow, tripod on left (SNG Israel 956; Mørkholm, MN 11, p.65, group 6), rare, very fine £400-500

293 Antiochos IV, Epiphanes (175-164 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.57g, Antioch, c.169-164 BC, diademed head right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ NIKHΦOPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike, who crowns king’s title, and sceptre, monogram on left

(Newell, SMA, 72; Mørkholm 17), extremely fine £500-600

294 Antiochos V, Eupator (164-162 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.73g, Antioch, diademed head right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EYΠATOPOΣ, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike, who

crowns king’s title, and sceptre, monogram on left (SNG Israel 1244), extremely fine £450-550

295 Demetrios I, Soter (162-150 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.89g, Antioch, 153/152BC, diademed head right, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, Tyche seated left on throne supported by winged monster, holding baton and cornucopia, two monograms on left, date P (year 160) in ex. (Newell, SMA, 111; SNG Israel 1274), large flan, lustrous,

extremely fine £350-450

296 Alexander I (Balas) (150-145 BC), ¡ Tetradrachm, 16.64g, Antioch, 149/148BC, diademed head right, rev.BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔPOY ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and sceptre, monogram to left, date ΔP(year 164) and monogram in

ex. (cf. SNG Israel 1424ff and Newell, SMA, 145-147), large flan, lustrous, extremely fine £400-500

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