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LOT 2649
Ilyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 3rd-1st century BC. Contemporary imitation.
Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; blundered legend above, ornament behind / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; blundered legend around. For prototype cf. HGC 3, 40. Good Fine.(2.90gr, 17mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 33 (253/2 BC). Ptolemais (Ake) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, monogram of ΠT (mint) above monogram of ME; to right, ΛΓ (date) above Θ. CPE 650; Svoronos 777; SNG Copenhagen 472. 13.27gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE 4 Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Macedonian shield with decorated edge / [BAΣI]ΛEΩΣ HPΩΔ[OY], crested helmet; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. Meshorer 45; Hendin 1170; HGC 10, 652; DCA 805. 3.77gr, 19mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; wing on galley, IΣTI-AIEΩN around. HGC 4, 1525. 1.82gr, 14mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
