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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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) 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 dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.54gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Cyprus, Kition. Pumiathon AE Unit. Circa 362/1-312 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lion standing to left; [above, head of ram to left] / Horse standing to left; star above, [monogram to left]. Cf. Destrooper 6; cf. Zapiti & Michaelidou 27-8; cf. Tziambazis 129. 2.95gr, 15mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 176 (137/6 BC). Tyre mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, [I]EPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, ΑΣΥ above ςOP (date); monogram between legs. SC 2109.4a; HGC 9, 1074; DCA 198. 13.09gr, 29mm, 12\h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
