LOT 2588
Ancient Greek Coins - Campania - Neapolis - Man-Headed Bull AR Drachm c.275-250 B.C.
Obv: head of nymph left; cornucopia (?) to right. Rev: man-headed bull walking right; above, crowning Nike flying right; below IΣ//NEΩΠOΛITΩN. Good fine.(6.76 grams, 20 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent.
Accompanied by a handwritten information ticket.
HN Italy 588.
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LOT 2588
Ancient Greek Coins - Campania - Neapolis - Man-Headed Bull AR Drachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Ancient Greek Coins - Mixed AE Group [28] c.4th-2nd century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: various monarchs, denominations, issues and types. 177 grams total, 16-26 mm.
Fair-good fine.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Sicily - Syracuse - Trident AE Unit c.275-215 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: head of Poseidon facing left, wearing taenia. Rev: trident head between two dolphins dividing IEPΩ-NOΣ. 6.09 grams, 19 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent. -
Greek Coins - Thrace - Byzantium - Poseidon AE Unit Late 3rd-2nd century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath. Rev: BYZAN / KAΛXAΔ, Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding aphlaston and trident. 10.37 grams, 22 mm.
Very fine.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of a London antiquarian.
Very interesting coin, issued to commemorate the alliance signed between the cities of Byzantion and Kalchedon, located in opposite banks of the Bosphorus strait.
