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Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 15.27gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Drachm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitating Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / Traces of inscription, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre; monogram in left field. Cf. Lanz 934-39. 2.37gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gaul, Massalia AE 25mm. Circa 210-190 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Apollo to left; behind head, quiver / ΜΑΣΣΑΛΙΗΤ[ΩΝ], bull butting to right; above, strung bow with string below. BN 1563; F/Py GBM 22-3a. 11.33gr, 25mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Athena Promachos advancing to left, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68b; SNG ANS 562-4; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.34gr, 14mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 225-200(?) BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Wreathed head of Demeter to right / Two grain ears with leaves to right; META upwards, between, bird above right grain ear's leaf. Johnston Bronze 78; HN Italy 1714 corr. (position of ethnic). 5.11gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Sicily, Himera AE Hemilitron or Hexonkion. Circa 415-409 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of nymph to left; six pellets (mark of value) to left / Six pellets (mark of value) within wreath. CNS 35; HGC 2, 479. 4.13gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Katania AE 24mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Janiform head of Serapis wearing kalathos, monograms to left and right / ΚΑΤΑΝAIΩΝ, Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears. CNS III p.101-2, 14; HGC 2, 619. 14.20gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 25mm. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 343-317 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; ZE[ΥΣ ΕΛΕY]ΘΕPΙΟΣ around / Upright thunderbolt, eagle standing to right; ΣYPA[KOΣIΩN] around. CNS II, 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. 16.44gr, 25mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
From an English private collection, 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II AE. c.275-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Diademed head of Hieron II to left / [Ι]ΕΡΩΝΟΣ Helmeted cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, holding couched lance with his right hand, below forelegs. CNS II, 195 Rl 22. HGC 2, 1548. SNG ANS 938. 17.63gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II AE. c.275-215 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Wreathed head of Kore left / bull butting left, club above, IE below. CNS II, 191; SNG ANS 591-2; HGC 2, 1469. 6.08gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Thrace. Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.03gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.16gr, 14mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.