LOT 2927
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC. ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ and ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ (Meniskos and Dionysios), magistrates.
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ, cow standing to right, head turned to nudge suckling calf standing to left below; bird above / ΔΥΡ ΔΙΟ-ΝΥ-ΣIOY, double stellate pattern within double linear quadrangle. BMC 62; Meta V/86; Maier 201. Near Very Fine.(3.20gr, 17mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. Babylon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed 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; M in left field, ΛY beneath strut of throne. Price 3692 var. (ΛΥ above strut). 16.65gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned. Very rare with ΛΥ beneath throne's strut on reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV PB Tessera or Token. Struck circa 9/8–6/5 BC. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Bull butting to left, legend(?) above. Cf. CN Category II, Group K, fig. 11.10; cf. Younis Al-Qatanani, Nabataean Coins, p. 141, 250, t1. 1.96gr, 13mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £35
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.68gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
