LOT 3125
Cyclades, Andros AE 17mm. Circa 200-180 BC.
Head of young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy-wreath; c/m: kantharos / Filletted thyrsos; Α-Ν-Δ-ΡΙ across fields, bunch of grapes to right. BMC Crete pg. 86, 14; Joy 510; SNG Copenhagen 613; HGC 6, 472; for countermark see Tselekas & Papageorgiadou-Banis, Countermarks on the Hellenistic coinages of the Cyclades in ΜΕΛΕΤΗΜΑΤΑ 53, p. 159. Near Very Fine. Very rare countermarked Cycladic bronze.(4.11gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with crescent / King standing to left before fire altar. K&M 4/6; Alram 565. 0.65gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AS (Aspahān) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl type III/1; SNS III type IIIb/1c. 4.10gr, 28mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Philistia, Gaza ('Azah) AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Head of female to right, with oriental hairstyle / Forepart of horse to right; Phoenician AZ to upper left; all in pelletted square border within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.2D; HGC 10, 548 (male head). 3.88gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned. Test punch on obverse and test cuts on reverse.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
