LOT 3081
Iberia, Uncertain mint AE 16mm. CIrca 2nd-1st century BC.
Male head to right / Boar standing to right. Near Very Fine.(2.35gr, 16mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Group of Twenty Five (25) Greek AE Coins. Circa 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising: mixed rulers, issues, denominations and reverse types. 137gr total.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 Shekel. Time of Mazday (Mazaios), circa 353-333 BC. Dated RY 17(?) (337/6 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Phoenician galley to left; date above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on hind legs, Phoenician letters between; all within incuse square. Cf. Elayi & Elayi Group IV.6.2.k; cf. DCA 859; HGC 10, 265. 0.60gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC.
