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LOT 3668
Group of Seven [7] Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(5.88gr total.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980-1985.
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LOT 3668
Group of Seven [7] Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Ionia, Teos AR Diobol. Circa 320-294 BC. ΜΕΝΤΩΡ (Mentor), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Griffin seated to right, right forepaw raised / ΤΗΙ ΜΕΝΤΩ[Ρ], chelys. Kinns 95 var. (magistrate's name downward to left). 0.92gr, 10mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Attractively toned with hints of blue iridescence around the devices on obverse.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland.
Teos came under the rule of the Achaemenids, when Cyrus II (559-529 BC) was king. The occupation by the Persians led to the exodus of a large part of the population of Teos, between 545 and 540 BC, to Thrace, where they participated in the rebuilding of the city of Abdera. The two cities struck similar silver coins with the depiction of the griffin, seated on the right for Teos and on the left for Abdera. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 323-319 BC. Teos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / 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; in left field, griffin seated to left. Price 2274. 4.06gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025. -
Phoenicia, Arados AE 15mm. Uncertain date, circa 206-126 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Zeus to right / Ram of prow to left; Phoenician letters above, date below. HGC 10, 88. 3.50gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
