LOT 2712
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC.
Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left; behind neck, seal swimming upwards / Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1906; Bodenstedt 32; SNG von Aulock -. Extremely Fine.(2.61gr, 9mm.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 25, 27 February 2016, lot 81 (since professionally cleaned).
Ex Nomos AG, Auction 20, 10 July 2020, lot 217 (company's ticket included).
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LOT 2712
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanon AE 20mm. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Under Ptolemy, son of Mennaios (84-40 BC). Draped bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; uncertain countermark to left / The Dioskouroi standing facing one another, each holding spear; around, four monograms. Herman 9; HGC 9, 1445. 3.88gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Archaic head of Apollo(?) to left / Quadripartite incuse square punch. Kim & Kroll 84-103; SNG Kayhan 343-7; SNG von Aulock 1810. 0.23gr, 5mm.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Sharply struck and well-centred.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV, with Shaqilat AE 18mm. 9 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Petra mint; struck AD 20-40. Jugate busts of Aretas and Shaqilat to right; H F in Aramaic across fields / Crossed cornucopiae; legend in Aramaic between and below. Meshorer, Nabataea 114. 4.42gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
