LOT 3040
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 17mm. Circa 325-310 BC.
Bearded head of satyr to left / Π-A-N, head of bull to left. MacDonald 67; SNG BM Black Sea 890-3; HGC 7, -. Very Fine.(3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Diobol. Circa 275-246 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; monogram above Galatian shield in left field, monogram between legs. Cf. CPE B180; cf. Svoronos 553. 14.74gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Katania AE 24mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Janiform head of Serapis wearing kalathos, monograms to left and right / ΚΑΤΑΝAIΩΝ, Demeter standing to left, holding grain ears. CNS III p.101-2, 14; HGC 2, 619. 14.20gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 22mm. Dated Pompeian Era 19(?) (48 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and sceptre in left; above Zeus, thunderbolt; in the left field, cornucopia; IΘ(?) (date) in exergue; all within laurel wreath. HGC 9, 1366. 10.04gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
