LOT 3071
Caria, Kaunos AE Chalkous. 191/0-166 BC.
Diademed male head to right / Double cornucopiae bound with fillet. SNG Copenhagen 184; SNG Keckman 75. Good Fine.(1.78gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesDue to the poor condition of the coin, its attribution is uncertain. Another possible attribution could be from the time of Ptolemy VIII to Cleopatra VII, in the mid-2nd to the 1st century BC. (Svoronos 1160).
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Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N IVSTI-NVS P P A[VG], Justin II, holding globus cruciger in his right hand, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre in her right hand, seated facing on double throne; cross between / Large K between A N N O X (date); above, cross; below, KYZ. DOC 133; MIB 51a-b; SB 373. 7.25gr, 22mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 176 (137/6 BC). Tyre mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, [I]EPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, ΑΣΥ above ςOP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.4a; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198. 13.09gr, 29mm, 12\h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontus, Amisos, AE 22mm. c.85-65 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bust of Amazon right, wearing wolf's scalp / AMI-ΣΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in right hand, palm over left shoulder. SNG BMC Black Sea 1218-1219; SNG Stancomb 704; SNG Copenhagen 165; SNG von Aulock 66; Waddington Recueil p.56, 38. 8.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
