LOT 2591
Ancient Greek Coins - Lucania - Poseidonia Paestum - Poseidon AE15 c.420-390 B.C.
Lucania, Poseidonia-Paestum. Obv: Poseidon walking right, wearing chlamys, striking with trident, left arm extended. Rev: bull butting right, head facing. Fair.(2.39 grams, 15 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceReceived by gift from Professor Alan Thompson.
Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939.
From the collection of the late Dr JDH Widdness, Dublin, Ireland.
Accompanied by a handwritten slip with notes on the coin and a card with initialled provenance.
BMC 69, HNItaly 1151, Grunauer I.
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LOT 2591
Ancient Greek Coins - Lucania - Poseidonia Paestum - Poseidon AE15
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Sinatrukes - AR Drachm 95-68 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Obv: diademed and bust left, wearing tiara. Rev: archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow, BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY APΣAKoY ΘEoΠATPoY NIKAToPoΣ. 4.20 grams, 20 mm.
Good very fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Coins - Thrace - Byzantium - Poseidon AE Unit Late 3rd-2nd century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Obv: veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath. Rev: BYZAN / KAΛXAΔ. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding aphlaston and trident. 10.32 grams, 27 mm.
Extremely fine.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of an 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. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Mithradates III - AR Drachm 57-54 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Obv: short-bearded bust left wearing double-banded diadem and segmented necklet with medallion; circular border of pellets. Rev: beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, Greek letter K; no border; seven-line Greek inscription: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY APΣAKoY EΠIΦANoYΣ ΔIKAIoY ΘEoY EYΠAToPoΣ KAI ΦIΛEΛΛHNoΣ. 3.97 grams, 19 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
