LOT 2614
Achaia, Achaian League AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 88-30 BC.
Elis mint. Uncertain magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right; [magistrate's name] behind / Large monogram of AX; FA and monogram of XE across fields, uncertain monogram above, thunderbolt below; all within olive wreath with ties below and at the top. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 688 (Thrasyleon); HGC 5, 539. Near Very Fine.(1.96gr, 16mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Dolphin / Dolphin. SNG Stancomb 334-337; SNG BM Black Sea 359-367. 2.96gr, 32mm x 11mm.
Good Very Fine.
From a private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. From Westminster collection, central London, UK.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a "tree" attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 22. 5.46gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly light tooling.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Iasos AE 17mm. Circa 250-190 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
ΜΕΝΕΚΛΗΣ (Menekles), magistrate. Group C. Apollo Delphinios standing to left, holding bow and arrow, dolphin at feet; illegible inscription to right / MENE[ΚΛΗΣ], Artemis advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver, to right [IA]; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Ashton, The Pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos p.72, 2-3, pl.14, 216-7. 3.45gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
