LOT 2737
Group of Ten [10] AE Greek Coins. 4th-2nd century BC.
Various rulers and cities. Fine to Good Very Fine.(54.32gr total.). [10]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Sicily, Syracuse AV 25 Litrai or Sixth Stater. Time of Agathokles, 317-289 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Struck circa 295-289 BC. Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of grain ears / Bull walking to left, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ around. Bérend, l’or pl. 9, 14; SNG ANS 707; SNG Lloyd 1475; SNG Copenhagen 752; HGC 2, 1288. 1.41gr, 10mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction 3, 31 March 2012, lot 87. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AR Triobol. Circa 480-470 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Lion's head facing / Irregular incuse square punch. Frolova Type I; SNG BM Black Sea 836; HGC 7, 31. 2.40gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch with uncertain design (scarab?); countermarks: 48? (rim) and unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17; for another example with similar reverse design cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 31, 704. 5.42gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
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