LOT 3251
Indo-Sasanian. Chalukyas of Gujarat AR Gadhaiya. Circa AD 950-1050.
Stylised crowned head with elongated skull and large ears to right / Stylised fire altar flanked by attendants. Cf. Mitch NI 427; cf. B.U. Abels, Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklung der Gadhia-Münzen, in: Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Archäologie, vol. 4 (1982), p. 114, 4.2. Good Very Fine.(4.11gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 22mm. Dated CY 276 (37/36 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY, Nike advancing to left, holding untied wreath and palm; ςOΣ (date) downwards in inner left field, AN in exergue. RPC I, 4338. 6.53gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III Fourrée Drachm. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / Zeus seated to left on throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; uncertain symbol or monogram in field. 2.63gr, 15mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery.
