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LOT 2652
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC.
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; wing on galley, [IΣTIAIEΩN] around. HGC 4, 1525. Near Very Fine.(1.79gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon. Time of Philip II to Antipater & Alexander V AE Unit. Circa 359-294 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon. In the name and types of Philip II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Male head to right, wearing tainia / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, youth on horseback to right; spearhead below. SNG ANS 850-3; HGC 3, 882. 7.14gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Diobol. Struck circa 294-282 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 2Di.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with spread wings standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram of ΠΑM. CPE B55 (slighlty different monogram); Svoronos 206, pl.viii, 4; SNG Copenhagen 91-3. 16.28gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cyprus, Salamis AE 13mm. Evagoras II, circa 361-351 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley to left; ΣAΛ upwards to left. Tziambazis 130; BMC 74; Traité II, 1193. 2.51gr, 13mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
