LOT 2750
Group of Ten [10] Greek AE Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Various cities. Near Fine to Very Fine.(65gr total.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Indo-Skythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛ AZOY, King on horseback riding to right, wearing cataphractus and holding whip aloft, uncertain Kharosthi letter before horse / Athena standing facing, holding shield on left arm, raising her right hand; monogram to right, Kharosthi "A" to left. Senior 96.10D-13D; HGC 12, 651. 2.16gr, 16mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Double struck.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, [MI above bee]; monogram or MHTP in wreath beneath throne. SC 82.2b; Price 3754; HGC 9, 10f. 16.93gr, 26mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Piakos AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 425-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Π Ι Α Κ, head of youthful river god to left, wearing wreath of reeds and with horn above his forehead; in field to left, three pellets (mark of value) / Hound springing to right on the back of doe collapsing to right; to right, and left, wheat grain. CNS III, 2; HGC 2, 1101. 2.58gr, 14mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive cypress green patina. Rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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