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LOT 3177
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 20mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC. ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ (Eukles, Kratinos), magistrates.
Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with bow and quiver over shoulder / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ EYKΛHΣ KPATINOΣ, humped bull butting to right; A between hind legs. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 851 (no A); SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; cf. SNG Tübingen 2956 (same). Near Very Fine. Olive-green patina.(7.62gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 15mm. Struck AD 20-40. Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Cf. Meshorer, Nabataea 114 (H-F across fields on obverse). 3.23gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Calabria, Tarentum AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 272-240 BC. Struck under the magistrate ΑΓΑΘΑΡΧΟΣ (Agatharchos). Reduced standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Nude youth on horseback to right, crowning horse and holding rein; beneath horse, AΓAΘ-A[P] XOΣ in two lines / TAPAΣ, Phalanthos, holding kantharos in outstretched right hand and cornucopia in left, on dolphin to left; to right, race torch. Vlasto 852-4; HN III 1028. 6.57gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned. Minor flan flaws.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Forepart of boar to left with long mane and dotted truncation, Ǝ on shoulder; to right, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II, 11; SNG BnF 378. 0.58gr, 11mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Edges chipped.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
