LOT 3045
Eastern mints AR Coins. 5th-4th century BC.
Including fractions from Arabia, Judaea and a reproduction. (18.25gr total). [6]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3045
Eastern mints AR Coins.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Thessaly, Pharsalos AE 20mm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £29
Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly to left, spear and shield at shoulders / [Φ-ΑΡ]-ΣAΛIΩ, Thessalian cavalryman, holding flail, on horse rearing to right; footman advancing to right on left, holding mace. Lavva 341-5 var. (V176/R- [unlisted rev. die]); cf. Rogers 505; BCD Thessaly II 674.7 (same obv. die); HGC 4, 646. 5.96gr, 20mm, 9h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. 121/0-97/6 BC.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Ake-Ptolemais mint; struck circa 121-113 BC. Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left; crescent above, monogram of ΔΑΡ in field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. 16.59gr, 30mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal, lightly toned.
Acquired in the USA, November 2010. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 15mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Asklepios to right / [AΣ]KΛHΠI[OY Σ]ΩTHΡ[OΣ], serpent-entwined staff of Asklepios. SNG Copenhagen 370; SNG BnF 1828-48. 3.97gr, 15mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included.
