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LOT 2948
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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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-290 BC. Karrhai mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, crescent above monogram of MAZP; monogram of AYP in circle beneath throne. SC 41.3b; Price 3816; HGC 9, 10a. 16.80gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 19mm. Dated RY 10 (AD 1). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; date at end of legend to right. Meshorer, Nabataean 80; Sofaer 53. 4.58gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. 10.29gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
