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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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Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 4 (123/2 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Bust of Melkart to right, wearing laurel wreath, [lion skin around neck] / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, L Δ (date) above club; monogram of ZB and Phoenician B between legs. DCA-Tyre 10; Rouvier 1957; DCA 919; BMC 51; Hunt II 606; HGC 10, 357. 13.91gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Napad (Kapat) AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed bust to left, wearing Parthian-style tiara / Diademed bust to left. K&M 4/50; Alram 614. 0,44gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
[E]ΣTFEΔIIY[Σ], slinger standing to right, preparing to loose; in field to right, triskeles running anticlockwise; all within dotted square frame / Two wrestlers grappling, KI between. SNG BnF 104; Tekin Series 4. 10.70gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light iridescent tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
