LOT 3675
Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE Coins. 300-200 BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(50.73gr total.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3675
Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE Coins.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. Struck circa AD 477-484. AS (Aspahān) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type IIIb/1c. 3.42gr, 26mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Odessos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 120-90 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ⵙE in inner left field, ΔH monogram beneath throne. Price 1184; HGC 3, 1587. 16.25gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Slightly double struck.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. Dated RY 25 (AD 616). NY (Nēhāvand) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin, 'pd in Pahlavi in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl II/3; SC Tehran 3147 (no legend in outer margin). 3.75gr, 30mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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