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 - Pharaates III - AR Drachm 70-57 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Obv: long-bearded bust left wearing tiara (T39ii) decorated on side with horn and stags with prominent antlers around crest; circular border of pellets. Rev: beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~], ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ read from outside in six-line Greek inscription = ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ. 4.05 grams, 20 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
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.
