LOT 2933
Attica, Athens Fourrée Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Head of Athena 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 in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype cf. HGC 4, 1631. Good Very Fine.(3.43gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2933
Attica, Athens Fourrée Drachm.
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 121-113 BC. Ake-Ptolemais mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left; crescent above, monogram of ΔYΡ in left field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. 15.53gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with hints of golden iridescence.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-316/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Series IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.70gr, 11mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 17mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Dionysos standing to left, nude but for chlamys draped over his arm, holding grape bunch and two narthex stalks; ΜΑΡΩΝ[ΙΤΩΝ] downwards to right. HGC 3.2, 1541. 6.03gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
