LOT 2644
Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon AE 22mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡΧΟΣ (Polemarchos), magistrate. Laureate and draped bust of Artemis (or Apollo) to right, with bow and quiver at shoulder; AΘH (retrograde) behind, palm branch before / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, holding shield; ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡ-ΧΟΥ downwards in two vertical lines to right, CΕΛΕΥΚ-ΕΩΝ downwards in two vertical lines to left. SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Supp. -; SNG BnF -; BMC Lycaonia 15. Very Fine. Very rare.(6.83gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-62; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.10gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Dichalkon. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Alexandria mint. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, filleted cornucopiae to left, XP monogram between legs. CPE B401; Svoronos 970; SNG Copenhagen 185-7. 2.50gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Cyclades, Naxos AE 16mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / N-A Ξ-I, kantharos; above, grape bunch. Joy 545; Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II pl. III, 1-9; HGC 6, 636. 3.74gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
