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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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.56gr, 10mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Caria, Kindya AR Tetrobol. Circa 510-480 BC. Samian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Head of ketos to right / Geometric pattern within incuse square. Kagan and Kritt, 'The Coinage of Kindya,' NC 1995, 1 var. (head left); SNG Keckman 920 var. (same); SNG Kayhan 815; Asyut 688. 1.60gr, 11mm.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. Uncertain mint and date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bust to right, wearing crown, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS III, type IIa/1e. 3.96gr, 26mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
