LOT 3065
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Obol. Circa 350-325 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / M-A, trident; all within maeander circle. SNG Copenhagen 810; SNG von Aulock 2032 (helmet also wreathed). Very Fine.(0.76gr, 9mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / [IΣTI]-AIEΩN, nymph seated to right on stern of galley; wing on prow. BCD Euboia 387ff.; HGC 4, 1524. 1.69gr, 13mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.54gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (AD 41/2). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.19gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
