LOT 3069
Caria, Myndos, AE 16mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Laureate head of Zeus right / MYNΔΙΩΝ / ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡOC, winged thunderbolt. SNG Keckman 245. Very Fine.(4.29gr, 16mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AE 18mm. 261-246 BC. Uncertain mint, possibly Tralleis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Apollo to right / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, tripod; monogram of ΓΡΥ to outer left and monogram of OYI to outer right; below, anchor to right. SC 537.2; HGC 9, 253b. 3.90gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring 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 in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype, cf. Kroll 10 and HGC 4, 1631; for another similar example cf. CNG, e-374, 229. 2.93gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Test cut.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
