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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Kings of Thrace. Lysimachos AE 20mm. Circa 306/5-301/0 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lysimacheia mint. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Lion leaping to right above spearhead to right; BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, ΛYΣIMAXOY below. SNG Copenhagen 1150; HGC 3.2, 1758. 4.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Lydia, Philadelphia AE 17mm. Circa 200-100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Macedonian shield with star in the boss / ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛ-ΦΕΩΝ above and below thunderbolt; monogram above, all within wreath. GRPC Lydia 13; SNG Copenhagen 343-4. 3.72gr, 17mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
