LOT 3114
Akarnania, Anaktorion AR Stater. Circa 350-300 BC.
Pegasos flying to left; below, monogram of AN / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; above visor, KΛE; below, monogram of AΓ; behind, monogram of AN and filleted bucranium. BCD Akarnania 86; Calciati 71; Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 92; HGC 4, 763. Very Fine. Toned.(8.16gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod II Archelaus AE Half Prutah. 4 BCE-6 CE. Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Prow to left; H-P-ധ anticlockwise around / ЄΘN within wreath. RPC I 4916; TJC 72; Hendin 1197. 1.72gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Mesambria AR Diobol. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Crested helmet facing / M-E-T-A within spokes of wheel; rays around. Karayotov I 37-94; HGC 3, 1560. 0.86gr, 10mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
South Arabia. Himyar AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head to right within dotted circle interrupted by monogram to left / Small head to right; 'sceptre' to right. Cf. SNG ANS 1602-1609. 0.64gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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