LOT 3118
Boeotia, Thebes AR Stater. Circa 390-382 BC. Wast(ias), magistrate.
Boeotian shield / Volute krater with a decorated upper half, barley grain above, FA-ΣT across central field; all within shallow incuse circle. Hepworth 36; BCD Boiotia 494; BMC 120; HGC 4, 1330. Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse and gold on reverse.(12.14gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx A. A. Ravel, 1938.
Ex Pozzi 1443v TTB.
Ex Prunier Auction, Numismatic Auction June 2022, 27 June 2022, lot 198.
Acquired from Pecunia Numismatics.
Wastias was the pro-Spartan rival of Androkleidas and was instrumental in the latter's exile and assassination.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AS (Aspahān) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl type III/1; SNS III type IIIb/1c. 4.10gr, 28mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Undated issue, struck 162-155/4 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head to right within wreath / Tyche, holding sceptre and cornucopia, seated to left on throne supported by tritoness facing to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ in right field, ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ in left field; monogram of ΓΑ to outer left. SC 1638.1j; BMC 29; HGC 9, 795f. 16.43gr, 30mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Beautifully toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Philistia, Azotos AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Bearded head to right / Facing female(?) head, wearing necklace, in pelletted square within incuse square. CNG, Auction 93, lot 574; otherwise unpublished. 3.30gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.
Ex the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK, 1970-2000.
