LOT 2600
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 20mm. Circa 310-304/3 BC.
Bearded head of satyr to right / Π-Α-Ν around forepart of griffin to left; below, sturgeon to left. Anokhin 1023; SNG BM Black Sea 869-71; SNG Stancomb 542; MacDonald 69; HGC 7, 113. Good Very Fine.(8.37gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s.
From Westminster collection, central London, UK.
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-5; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.71gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, AR Tetradrachm. 323-305 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Memphis or Alexandreia mint. Struck circa 323/2-317/1 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; rose in left field, ΔIO (moneyer's signature) beneath throne. Svoronos -; Zervos Issue 2B; Price 3971 var. (position of O); SNG Copenhagen 7 var. (same). 17.14gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Nabataea, Rabbel II, with Gamilat, AR Drachm. AD 70/1-105/6.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Petra mint. Dated RY 2[x] (AD 89/90–91/2). Laureate head of Rabbel to right; date in legend to left (only the 20 numeral visible) / Veiled and draped bust of Gamilat to right. Cf. CN 232-4; cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 153-4; DCA2 1052. 3.24gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 256.
