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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Ionia, Miletos AR Diobol. Late 6th-early 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Stellate design within incuse square. SNG Kayhan 476-482; SNG Ashmolean 943-960. 1.01gr, 9mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.82gr, 11mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Thrace, Mesambria AR Tetradrachm. Circa 225-175 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Β]ΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to inner left, helmet to right; beneath throne, EΠI. Topalov, Messambria 13; Price 1020; HGC 3, 1567. 16.95gr, 30mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Some delamination.
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.
