LOT 3294
Asia Minor, Uncertain MInt AE Unit. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Uncertain design in the centre, inscription around. Very Fine.(2.26gr, 16mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Phoenician galley to left / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letter between; all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 10, 240 (Sakton II). 0.74gr, 9mm, 9h.
Good Fine. Corroded surfaces.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemaïs AE 16mm. Dated year 9 of the Caesarean Era (41/0 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Jugate laureate and draped busts of the Dioskouroi to right, each surmounted by a star / Tyche standing to left on rudder, holding aphlaston, cornucopia, and palm branch; L Θ (date) across upper field, IE A[...] NO-M across lower field, two monograms to outer left. Kadman, Ake 47; HGC 10, 27; DCA 746. 2.92gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Diobol. Struck 260s-246 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; Λ between legs. CPE B249; Svoronos 481; SNG Copenhagen -. 22.64gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
