LOT 2874
Gaul, Massalia AE 14mm. Circa 121-49 BC.
Apollo head to right / Bull butting to right; ΜΑ[ΣΣΑ] above, [control letters in exergue]. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 810-821. Near Very Fine.(1.93gr, 14mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx cgb.fr (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Spain. Bolskan (Osca) AR Denarius. 100-72 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
BoN (in Iberian) behind bearded male head to right, wearing pearl necklace / BoLSCaN (in Iberian) beneath horseman with couched lance galloping to right. ACIP 1423; CNH 212/13; MIB 79/11c; SNG BM Spain 710-33; Vives 43/2. 3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Area of delamination on reverse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos IV Philopator AE Serrate. 187-175 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with quiver over shoulder; [monogram of AB behind?] / Artemis huntress standing facing, head to left, holding spear and with small deer standing to left at her feet; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, monogram of AB or NB to outer right. Cf. SC 1317.3; HGC 9, 591. 5.47gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.65gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
