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LOT 2936
Ionia, Ephesos AR Hekte – Sixth Stater. Circa 550-500 BC.
Persic standard. Bee / Stellate pattern within incuse square. Karwiese I Series IIIA, 21; SNG Kayhan 1227-30. Extremely Fine. Apparently the finest known example. Rare.(1.72gr, 10mm).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Irregular pattern within quadripartite incuse square. SNG BnF 1351-2; SNG von Aulock -. 4.92gr, 17mm
Near Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Kings of Parthia, Vardanes II AR Tetradrachm. Circa AD 55-58.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Seleukeia on the Tigris Dated SE 368 (AD 58/9), uncertain month. Diademed and draped bust to left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, king seated to left, receiving wreath from Tyche standing to right and holding scepter with left hand, HΞT (date) in field above, uncertain month in exergue. Cf. Sellwood 69.7-9. 10.27gr, 26mm, 12h
Very Fine. Attractive blue iridescent toning.
From a UK, private collection. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 23mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 295-289 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right; quiver over shoulder, ΣΩTEIPA downwards before / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ below. CNS II, 142; BAR Issue 33; SNG ANS 708; HGC 2, 1537. 8.38gr, 22mm, 5h
Very Fine. Green patina.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
