LOT 2724
Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater. Circa 410-375 BC.
Nude youth, holding whip, dismounting from horse rearing to right / ΚΕΛΕΝ, goat kneeling to left, head to right; all within shallow incuse circle. Casabonne Type 4; Celenderis -; SNG BnF 75 = Traité II, 1477. Good Very Fine.(10.75gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceSwiss private collection, acquired in 1993.
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LOT 2724
Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater.
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet over AΓ monogram and Θ (or shield) in opposite quarters. McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437; Weber 2430. 2.33gr, 13mm.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow; countermark: 45 / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 45. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.60gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Thessaly, Larissa AR Drachm. 440-420 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Thessalos, petasus and cloak tied at neck, holding band across horns of bull to right / ΛΑ-ΡIΣ (ΡΙΣ retrograde), bridled horse galloping to right. BCD Thessaly I 1122; BCD Thessaly II 170; SNG Copenhagen 99; HGC 4, 414. 5.96gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned with blue iridescence around the devices on obverse.
Acquired from Kevin Cheek (Elizabeth A. Cheek Trust Collection) in May 2011. Published in 'The Celator' December 1988.
From the article 'Artistic choice. Archaic style lived on Larissa' of Kevin R. Cheek about this coin in The Celator, December 1988, p. XXIIII: This remarkable issue is a combination of ''Archaic Period'' art and composition blended with ''Classical Period'' detail and design. The ''Archaic Period'' artistic style, readily seen on the obverse, is highlighted by the heavy body muscles of the bull wrestler seemingly flexing towards the viewer of the piece. The ''Archaic Period'' composition is noted with the heavy dot border, thick chunky flan, and deep reverse incuse. ''Classical Period'' detail and design is apparent relative to the delicate designed sandals, detailed neck-ribbing of the robust bull, and long-necked body of the horse. The artist has thus created a piece in which the bull wrestler commands sheer power over a stout adversary as the movement of the encounter gently displaces the petasus from the wrestler. The petasus may be significant in that there are many examples of as petasus being associated with the regal coinage of Macedonia.
