LOT 2962
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 2962
Cilicia, Kelenderis AR Stater.
Estimate £650 - 850€750 - 990 (for guidance only)$880 - 1,150 (for guidance only)
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.90gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 300-281 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris I Mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram in left field and beneath throne. SC 117.1b; HGC 9, 12i. 16.26gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025. -
Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace 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 with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 16.77gr, 25mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Rough surfaces. Some deposits.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
