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LOT 2709
Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530-500 BC.
Archaic head of Apollo(?) to left / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Kim & Kroll 84-103; SNG Kayhan 343-7; SNG von Aulock 1810. Extremely Fine. Toned. Sharply struck and well-centred.(0.23gr, 5mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired in London in 2011.
Private collection, Switzerland.
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Macedon, Akanthos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 525-470 BC.
Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Attic standard. Lion attacking to right, biting into the hindquarter of bull kneeling to left and biting the leg of the lion; Θ above, three ground lines below, the middle composed of pellets; stylised acanthus flower ιn exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 59 (D57)(?); AMNG III/2, 5; HGC 3, 383. 17.19gr, 27mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned with golden iridescence around the devices on obverse.
From collection of Dr G.W., Germany. Ex Gorny & Mosch, Auction 37, 13 May 1987. -
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 22mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31
Uncertain date. Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled and turreted, and Zeus to right; monogram to left / ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, Phoenician galley to left; [date] above. HGC 10, 283. 6.78gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
North Arabia, Lihyan(?) AE 17mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Imitating Athens. Schematic head of Athena to right, with crescent on cheek, wearing crested Attic helmet / Stylised owl standing to right, head facing; olive sprig to left, [A]Θ[E] downwards to right. Cf. Huth 40 = Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e. 5.82gr, 17mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
