LOT 3113
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. Very Fine.(3.15gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 2000s.
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Macedon under Roman Rule AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-70 BC. Uncertain mint. Aesillas, quaestor.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Head of the deified Alexander III 'the Great', with horn of Ammon over his ear, to right; ⵙ behind neck, MAKEΔONΩN below / AESILLAS Q in two lines, money chest, club, and chair; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1330; HGC 3.1, 1110. 16.34gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light toning.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. 450-333 BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Bearded head to right / Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette, two birds standing right and left within the volutes, dolphin swimming to right below, all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.6D. 1.83gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Double struck and test cut on reverse.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 121, 6 October 2022, lot 565. -
Thrace, Mesambria AE 21mm. Circa 175-115 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed female head to right / Athena Promachos to left, between MEΣAM-BPIANΩΝ downward to each side, helmet in inner left field. SNG Stancomb 236; SNG BM Black Sea 284-6; HGC 3.2, 1573. 6.48gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
