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LOT 2600
Ancient Greek Coins - Thrace - Olbia - AE Dolphin Proto Money Group [15] 6th century B.C.
Group comprising: cast 'coins' or currency pieces in the form of a bifacial dolphin. Fine.(16.86 grams total, 16-27 mm.). [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a European gentleman.
LiteratureSear 1684.
FootnotesThis unique type of coinage was cast in Olbia, in the Black Sea area of Thrace from the 5th to 3rd century BC; there are many varieties; the casting method employed was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this area; the dolphins were generally cast in a "tree" form connected by the tail, although some examples seem to have been cast individually.
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LOT 2600
Ancient Greek Coins - Thrace - Olbia - AE Dolphin Proto Money Group [15]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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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 - Kings of Thrace - Lysimachos - Athena AR Tetradrachm 3rd century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Obv: diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. Rev: Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΛYΣIMAXOY crowned by Nike to left, bee left in inner left field, monogram below exergue. 16.82 grams, 27 mm.
Good fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Greek Coins - Thrace - Byzantium - Poseidon AE Unit Late 3rd-2nd century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Obv: veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath. Rev: BYZAN / KAΛXAΔ. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding aphlaston and trident. 11.43 grams, 22 mm.
About 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.
