LOT 2966
Cyprus, Amathos AR Obol. Rhoikos, circa 350 BC.
Head of lion to right / Forepart of lion to right, head facing. Tziambazis -; Amandry, Amathonte 133 B, pl. 20; Zapiti & Michaelidou 20; SNG Copenhagen 4. Good Very Fine.(0.46gr, 9mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Spink, 1970s.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II AR Drachm. Circa 96/5 -93/2 BC. Rhagai mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Draped bust to left, wearing tiara decorated with six-rayed star, neck torque ending in seahorse / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ, Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sunrise 300; Sellwood 28.6. 3.88gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very FIne.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 22mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN, eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ [ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ] below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 670. 8.68gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
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Sicily, Leontini AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 405-402 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Apollo to right; laurel leaf behind, ΛEON before / Tripod; kithara within legs, barley grains flanking, three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. CNS III, 3; HGC 2, 708. 2.62gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 60, 9 July 2018, lot 115 (company's ticket included). Ex CNG (company's ticket included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
