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LOT 3594
Group of Eight [8] Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(7.20gr total.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC. Istakhr (Persepolis) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap and decorated with crescent / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. van't Haaff, Persis Type 565.2-2. 2.05gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm. Circa 398-346 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Horse galloping to right; monogram of ΠΝΚ below / ΜΑΡ-ΩΝΙ-ΤΩΝ, legend around grape arbor within linear square border; monogram of EY below. Evelpidis 962-3; SNG Copenhagen 632; Schönert-Geiss, Maroneia 721-923; BMC -. 4.29gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 40, 28 October 2017, lot 129 (professionally cleaned since). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AE Unit. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Lifetime issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ between club to right and quiver to left; bunch of grapes to left, above; Δ, below. Price 283 var. (Δ above, grape bunch below). 7.83gr, 18mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished in Price and possibly unique.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
