LOT 2605
Greek Coins - Thasos - Herakles AR Tetradrachm After 148 B.C.
Obv: head of young Dionysus right, wreathed with ivy. Rev: HRAKLEOYS SWTHROS QASIQN legend to left, right and beneath Herakles standing facing, naked, head left, holding club and lionskin, monogram to left and right. Fine.(10.58 grams, 31 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
BMC 72, Sear 1759.
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Ancient Greek Coins - Kings of Elymais - Kamnaskires V - AR Tetradrachm c.54/3-33/2 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Seleukeia on the Hedyphon mint. Obv: diademed and draped bust left, wearing long beard and torque; to right, eight-rayed star above anchor symbol. Rev: [B]AEIΛEΩ(retrograde Σ) above, [K]ΠNACKIPOY to right, [T]OY ΛEΓ BA(retrograde Σ)E[ΛEΩ] to left, MKAHИACKPOY below, diademed male bust left with monogram below chin. 11.83 grams, 25 mm.
Good very fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Ancient Greek Coins - Iberia AE Litra Group [2] 2nd-1st century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Mixed group comprising: various rulers, issues, denominations and reverse types. 13.92 grams total, 21-24 mm.
Fine-good fine.
From a 1980s UK collection. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Ancient Greek Coins - Campania - Neapolis - Man-Headed Bull AR Drachm c.275-250 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Obv: head of nymph left; cornucopia (?) to right. Rev: man-headed bull walking right; above, crowning Nike flying right; below IΣ//NEΩΠOΛITΩN. 6.76 grams, 20 mm.
Good fine.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent. Accompanied by a handwritten information ticket.
