LOT 2929
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Vine-wreathed head of nymph Histiaia to right, wearing earring and necklace / IΣTI-AIEΩN, Nymph seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis in her left hand and resting her right on the deck; on the side of the stern, wing; below, crescent to left. BMC 71. Near Very Fine.(1.70gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia, Arados AE 15mm. Uncertain date, circa 206-126 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Zeus to right / Ram of prow to left; Phoenician letters above, date below. HGC 10, 88. 3.50gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. 10.10gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Yazdgird (Yazdgard) I AR Drachm. AD 399-420. Possibly local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bust right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos / Fire altar with ribbons; attendants flanking; crescents flanking flames. For type cf. Göbl type I/1. 3.96gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
