[ΕΛ] above filletted bull head facing / ΦΩΚ[ΕΩΝ], laureate head of Apollo to right. Cf. BCD Lokris 420. HGC 4, 1143. 3.31gr, 14mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Pedigree Back to 1938
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,510
Boeotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. 12.14gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.
Ex A. A. Ravel, 1938.
Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB.
Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198.
Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination.
Head of the nymph Histiaia to right, wearing wreath of grape leaves and berries / IΣ[TI]- AIEΩN(partially inverted), Nymph seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis in her left hand and resting her right on the deck; on the side of the stern, wing; below, monogram of AΓ and labrys. BCD Euboia 381; HGC 4, 1524. 2.39gr, 14mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. A very beautiful example.
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right, wearing pendant earring and necklace / ΙΣΤ[Ι]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, Nymph seated to right on the stern of galley decorated with wing; below, trident to left and M. BCD Euboia 394; HGC 4, 1524. 2.30gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 17.19gr, 24mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Sea turtle, head in profile, with thin collar and row of dots down its back / Incuse square with mill-sail pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIa-b; Milbank pl. I, 11; Asyut Group IV; HGC 6, 429. 12,22gr, 20mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Emporium Hamburg, Alpha Auction 10, 8 January 2023, lot 73.
Property of a London antiquarian.
Land tortoise with segmented shell / Large incuse square with heavy skew pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIIb; Milbank Period IV, pl. II, 12; SNG Copenhagen 517; Boston MFA 1116; HGC 6, 437. 12.50gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Light cabinet tone.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
Pegasos flying to left with straight wings; Ϙ below / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet, with leather neck guard; [A beneath chin], Thessalian helmet to right. Ravel Period V, 1040; Pegasi 402; BCD Corinth 115; HGC 4, 1848. 8.49gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone.
Ex Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb), Sale 117, 30 September 2013, lot 3044.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Countermarked Bronze of Cycladic Andros
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy-wreath; c/m: kantharos / Filletted thyrsos; Α-Ν-Δ-ΡΙ across fields, bunch of grapes to right. BMC Crete pg. 86, 14; Joy 510; SNG Copenhagen 613; HGC 6, 472; for countermark see Tselekas & Papageorgiadou-Banis, Countermarks on the Hellenistic coinages of the Cyclades in ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 53, p. 159. 4.11gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare countermarked Cycladic bronze.
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea-eagle to left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram of ΔΙ below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 9; AMNG I 421; HGC 3, 1802. 4.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Iridescent tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Helmetted head of Athena to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, lion leaping to right; kerykeion, monogram of EM, and spearhead below. Müller 76; HGC 3, 1758. 4.85gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / Ox grazing to right. Cf. AMNG III.1 131. 7.16gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.