LOT 3210
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Twelfth Stater or Obol. Struck circa 380-379 BC. Pharnabazos, Persian military commander.
Female head facing slightly to left; [dolphin to lower left?] / Bearded and helmetted male head (Ares?) to left. Casabonne Series 2–3, pl. 4, 14; Göktürk 21; SNG BnF 303. Near Very Fine.(0.65gr, 9mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Aeolis, Kyme AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of eagle to left, [ethnic] in fields / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Klein 333; cf. SNG Arikantürk 1, 170; cf. SNG Copenhagen 32. 0.38gr, 8mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Antimachos I Theos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 180-170 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing kausia / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΘEOY to right, ΑNTIMAXOY to left, Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident in right hand and cradling filleted palm in left arm; N within circle to inner right. Bopearachchi 1D; Mitchiner 124b; SNG ANS 276-7; HGC 12, 106. 15.94gr, 31mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Porous.
Purchased from John Cummings Ltd (dealer's ticket included). 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. -
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-326 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left; 'YN'L MLK GBL in Phoenician above. E&E-B Group IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. 0.64gr, 9mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
