GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos VI BCE 144-c. 142

AR Drachm; 18 mm, 3.94 g, 12 h, Antioch mint c. BCE 143-142

SC 2003c (R1-2)

SMA 257

O: radiate and diad hd of Antiochos VI r, dotted border

R: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY in two lines on rt, EΠΙΦANOYΣ ΔΙONYΣOY in two lines on left, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards facing r, adorned with goat’s horn above visor.

Primary control between spike and horn reading downward TPY

Secondary control inner r beneath helmet see monogram C in SC.

 

Ex: “from a private European Collection”

Ex: Roma Numismatics E-Sale 100 (28-07-22) lot 568

QE II 1952-2022 two paper portraits from Canada & the UK

 Canada 1973-1975, last of the circulating paper $1 obtained in Quebec City 1988. The now  ubiquitous Loonie debuted that same year. 

UK 2015, polymer £5 note, Churchill depicted on the reverse. Obtained London 2017

GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos III BCE 223-187 with apparently unpublished controls

AE 24 mm, 12.13 g, 1h, likely Antioch mint

SC 1048 variety but with unpublished controls

O: laureate head of Antiochos r as Apollo, dotted border

R: Apollo seated l on omphalos holding an arrow in his rt hand and resting against a bow held in his left.  Inscription on right reads BAΣIΛΕΩΣ and on left ANTIOXOY, with controls to left above and below the arrowhead.

ROMAN PROVINCIAL; Spain; Augustus BCE 27- CE 14

 Colonia Patricia (Cordoba)

AE Quadrans, 17 mm, 2.69 g, 3h

RPC I, 131

O: bare hd portrait of Augustus left with insc proceeding from left to right [PER C]AE AVG

R: Priestly implements with inscription [COL] PATR

 

Ex: Numismatica Prados, Sevilla, Spain

Augustus from Palazzo Massimo, Roma September 2024

Ara Pacis Roma, October 2024

GREEK/Seleucid; Antiochos I BCE 281-261

AR Drachm; 4.07 g, 16 mm, 6h, Aï Khanoum mint c. BCE 266-261

SC 439.1

O: diad hd of Antiochos r.

R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ on right and ANTIOXOY on left, o in left field under Apollo’s arrow and adjacent to the T in ANTIOXOY. Apollo std l on omphalos holding arrow and leaning on a bow.

Ex: Tamco Numismatics (Sweden)