LOT 3024
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 275-270 BC. Reduced Korkyraian standard.
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Pegasus flying right; Δ below. HGC 3.1, 36; SNG Lockett 2224. Very Fine. Well toned.(2.30gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Phoenician galley sailing to left; Phoenician letters above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letters between. Cf. HGC 10, 265 (Mazaios). 0.68gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 17mm. Circa 325-310 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Bearded head of satyr to left / Π-A-N, head of bull to left. MacDonald 67; SNG BM Black Sea 890-3; HGC 7, -. 3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa AE Unit. 203-148 BC or 148-118 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head to left / Horse galloping to left; pellet below. Mazard 53; MAA 18a; SNG Copenhagen 505. 12.56gr, 28mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
