LOT 2611
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. Good Very Fine.(16.81gr, 24mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Argolis, Argos AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 80-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Agathokleos), magistrate. Forepart of wolf at bay to right / A-ΓΑ-Θ-Ο-ΚΛΕΟΣ in three lines; large A; below, harpa to right; all within incuse square. BCD Peloponnesos 1170; HGC 5, 691. 1.90gr, 16mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 17mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Helmetted head of Leukippos to right / Demeter standing facing, head to right, holding long-cross torch; META downwards to right. Johnston, Bronze 66; HN Italy 1702; HGC 1, 1099. 5.38gr, 17mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Damaskos mint. Dated SE 204 (109/8 BC). Diademed head to right within fillet border / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Zeus Ouranios, nude, standing to left, holding star and sceptre; monogram above ZH to outer left; ΔΣ (date) in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2324.1b; HGC 9, 1196e; DCA 266. 16.12gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned. Slightly double struck.
From a private collection, Europe.
