LOT 2923
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 20mm. Circa 310-304/3 BC.
Beardless head of satyr to left; c/m: twelve-rayed star within circular incuse / Head of lion to left, sturgeon to left in exergue, Π-A-N around; c/m: bow in bow case (cut into die?). MacDonald 70; Anokhin 130; SNG Stancomb 554-5; SNG BM Black Sea 885-9; HGC 7, 114. Near Very Fine.(6.79gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
FootnotesMacDonald argues that after the application of these countermarks, coins without them were no longer considered legal tender. There are some examples of the countermarks being engraved directly into the dies, as they became a necessary feature of the design for the coins to circulate legally.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 53 & unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.52gr, 17mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
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Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 95-90 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus to right / AMIΣΟΥ, eagle standing to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Malloy 14b; HGC 7, 245. 7.16gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Herakleia AE 14mm. Circa 281-278 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Draped bust of Athena facing three-quarters to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet; on her left shoulder, shield / ՒHPA-KΛEIΩN, trophy. SNG Copenhagen 1137; HN Italy 1436. 2.75gr, 14mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
