LOT 3312
Indo-Skythians, Maues AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-57 BC. Taxila mint.
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY MAYOY, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre / 'Rajadirajasa mahatasa Moasa' in Kharosthi, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder; monogram to right. Mitchiner 699a; HGC 12, 524. Good Very Fine. Bend with hairline crack.(9.49gr, 29mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 546-527 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Archaic head of Athena to right, wearing crested helmet decorated with chevron and dot pattern, and round earring / Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square. Cf. Svoronos pl. 4, 31; HGC 4, 1590. 17.05gr, 23mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Macedon, Terone Fourrée Tetrobol. Circa 490-460 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Oinochoe to left, with bunch of grapes hanged on its body / Quadripartite incuse square. For prototype cf. SNG ANS 746; HGC 3.1, 709. 1.98gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 21mm. Second satrapy and kingship, struck circa late 280s BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Winged head of Medusa to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, bull butting to right; Ξ in exergue. SC 21.2b; HGC 9, 92a corr. (SC citation). 7.41gr, 21mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
