LOT 2408
Greek Coins - Thrace - Byzantium - Poseidon AE Unit Late 3rd-2nd century B.C.
Obv: veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath. Rev: BYZAN / KAΛXAΔ. Poseidon seated right on rocks, holding aphlaston and trident. About extremely fine.(11.43 grams, 22 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection.
From the collection of an London antiquarian.
SNG BM Black Sea 82-3, HGC 3.2, 1428.
FootnotesVery interesting coin, issued to commemorate the alliance signed between the cities of Byzantion and Kalchedon, located in opposite banks of the Bosphorus strait.
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LOT 2408
Greek Coins - Thrace - Byzantium - Poseidon AE Unit
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Ancient Greek Coins - Parthian Dynasty - Pharaates III - AR Drachm 70-57 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: long-bearded bust left wearing tiara (T39ii) decorated on side with horn and stags with prominent antlers around crest; circular border of pellets. Rev: beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~], ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ read from outside in six-line Greek inscription = ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ. 4.00 grams, 20 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 - Lucania - Poseidonia Paestum - Poseidon AE15 c.420-390 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lucania, Poseidonia-Paestum. Obv: Poseidon walking right, wearing chlamys, striking with trident, left arm extended. Rev: bull butting right, head facing. 2.39 grams, 15 mm.
Fair.
Received by gift from Professor Alan Thompson. Wicklow, Ireland, sold at auction between 1935-1939. From the collection of the late Dr JDH Widdness, Dublin, Ireland. Accompanied by a handwritten slip with notes on the coin and a card with initialled provenance.
