LOT 3427
Group of Two [2] Greek AR Coins. 1st century BC.
Various types. Condition as seen.(9.33gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3427
Group of Two [2] Greek AR Coins.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 24mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑ[...], Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 1276-82; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.50gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
North Africa, Carthage AR Quarter Shekel. Second Punic War issue, circa 213-211 BC. Akragas mint under Punic occupation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Male head to right (Triptolemos?), wearing wreath of grain ears / Horse leaping to right, Punic ḤT below. Burnett, The Enna Hoard, SNR 62, 148-149; SNG Copenhagen 380. 1.99gr, 14mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Deep old cabinet tone.
Acquired from Praefectus Coins (J.P. Anderson). Ex Spink, Auction 22108, 25 August 2022, lot 3098. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Troas, Gentinos AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Female head to right, wearing mural crown; crescent(?) before / Г-Е, bee in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 336 (crescent not mentioned); SNG Ashmolean 1141 (same). 1.41gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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