LOT 2950
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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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AE 22mm. Dated SE 174 (137/8 BC). Antiochia on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Prow of a galley to right; above, pilei of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟY EYEPΓETOY, trident ornamented with two dolphins downward; to outer left, monogram; below, ΔOP (date). HGC 9, 1085. 9.03gr, 22mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 297/6-282/1 BC. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ, Athena seated to left on throne, leaning her left elbow on her shield decorated with lion's head and holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her outstretched right hand, behind, transverse spear with point below left; in the outer left field, torch, in inner left field, monogram of ΠYP. Müller 443a var. (slightly differing monogram); Thompson 115. 16.81gr, 29mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning. Well-centred.
Ex collection of Georges Müller, numismatist. -
Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 137. 0.91gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
