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LOT 3679
Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(44.61gr total.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, A above monogram of ΠΛ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 6; Pinder 100. 12.64gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; [A?]ΘΕ before, olive spray to left. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; Huth 40. 13.43gr, 22mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 15mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Athena Promachos advancing to left, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68b; SNG ANS 562-4; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.72gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.
