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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤΙ-ΑΙΕΩΝ, the nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; wing on galley. HGC 4, 1525. 1.95gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Reduced standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤ[Ι]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, nymph seated to right on stern of galley decorated with wing. HGC 4, 1524. 1.81gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / [IΣTIA]IEΩN, nymph seated to right on stern of galley; wing on prow. BCD Euboia 387ff.; HGC 4, 1524. 1.85gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
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. 17.3gr, 24mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. Very well struck, a superb example.
Acquired from Baldwins, UK. Property of a Kent lady. -
Islands off Attica, Aegina AR Stater. Circa 525-475 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Sea turtle, head in profile / Incuse square with mill-sail pattern. Cf. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIa-b; cf. Milbank pl. I, 11; cf. Asyut Group IV; HGC 6, 429. 10.52gr, 20mm.
Good Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG BnF 1351-2; SNG von Aulock -. 3.23gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Disorganised linear pattern within incuse square. SNG Arikantürk -; SNG BN 1351-2. 3.31gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Ionia, Miletos AR 1/48 Stater or Tetartemorion. Circa 525-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Forepart of lion to right, head turned back to left / Bird standing to left within incuse square. Klein 430; SNG Kayhan 940-3 (Mylasa); SNG Keckman I 926-7 (Myalasa); SNG Tübingen 3001. 0.21gr, 5mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. Uncertain magistrate. Plinthophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate head of Helios to right / [...]ΔΡΟΣ(?), rose with bud to right; P-O flanking; all within incuse square. HGC 6, 1461. 1.89gr, 14mm, 11h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR Stater-Double Siglos. Struck circa 561-546 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Confronted foreparts of lion to right, with extended right foreleg, and bull to left / Bipartite incuse squares of unequal size. GRPC Lydia S1; Berk 20; Traité I 407; SNG Kayhan 1018; SNG von Aulock 2874; SNG Copenhagen 455; SNG Ashmolean 760. 10.29gr, 19mm.
Near Extremely Fine. A beautiful example showcasing much of the battling creatures.
Acquired from Baldwins, UK (with coin ticket). Property of a Kent lady. -
Dynasts of Lykia. Uncertain dynast AR Third Stater or Tetrobol. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Forepart of goat or horse to left / Triskeles within incuse square. Traité -; Müseler -; Vismara -. 2.87gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Cyprus, Salamis AE 13mm. Evagoras II, circa 361-351 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley to left; ΣAΛ upwards to left. Tziambazis 130; BMC 74; Traité II, 1193. 2.51gr, 13mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.