LOT 3204
Cilicia, Kelenderis AE 22mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche to right; c/m: crested helmet to right, K-O flanking; all within circular incuse / ΚΕΛΕΝΔΕΡΙΤΩΝ, Apollo standing to left, holding branch tied with fillets, leaning on column upon which sits a tripod; ΜΩ(?) vertical to right. SNG BnF -; cf. SNG Levante Supp. 130. Near Very Fine. Very rare and unusual type for Kelenderis.(5.70gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-143 BC. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΣ (Olympios), magistrate. Stephanophoric type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Head of the Amazon Kyme to right, wearing taenia / ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ, horse prancing to right; one-handled cup below, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC in exergue; all within laurel wreath. E-E&E-Ö, Phase II, 9, no. 18 (same obverse die); Oakley obv. die 51; BMC 80; SNG Copenhagen -. 16.61gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Die break on obverse.
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. -
Ionia, Erythrai AR Hemiobol. Circa 480-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rosette with central pellet-in-annulet / Eight-rayed star within incuse square. Klein 387; Kraay, Colophon 96 & 102; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Kayhan -. 0.37gr, 6mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 2nd half of 1st century BC. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Small bust to left, wearing short beard, diadem, and mural crown; monogram behind / Artaxerxes standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. van't Haaff, Persis, Type 571/574.1-1 var. (no monogram). 1.48gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
