LOT 2876
Apulia, Arpi AE 21mm. Circa 325-275 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to left / Boar charging to right; spear-head above, ΑΡΠΑ[ΝΩΝ] in exergue. HN Italy 642; HGC 1, 534. Near Very Fine.(7.57gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.90gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 15mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.08gr, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK. -
Spain. Bolskan (Osca) AR Denarius. 100-72 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
BoN (in Iberian) behind bearded male head to right, wearing pearl necklace / BoLSCaN (in Iberian) beneath horseman with couched lance galloping to right. ACIP 1423; CNH 212/13; MIB 79/11c; SNG BM Spain 710-33; Vives 43/2. 3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Area of delamination on reverse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
