LOT 3120
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 350-300 BC.
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right, wearing pendant earring and necklace / ΙΣΤ[Ι]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, Nymph seated to right on the stern of galley decorated with wing; below, trident to left and M. BCD Euboia 394; HGC 4, 1524. Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.(2.30gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Uncertain mint 100.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; AΣ to inner left. SC 2040a; HGC 9, 1061. 5.85gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Macedon under Roman Rule AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-70 BC. Uncertain mint. Aesillas, quaestor.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Head of the deified Alexander III 'the Great', with horn of Ammon over his ear, to right; ⵙ behind neck, MAKEΔONΩN below / AESILLAS Q in two lines, money chest, club, and chair; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1330; HGC 3.1, 1110. 16.34gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light toning.
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. -
India. Mauryan Empire AR Mashaka. Circa 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Uncertain symbol / Blank. 0.14gr, 4mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
