LOT 3186
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. ΦΙΛΩΝ (Philon), magistrate. 'Plinthophoric' coinage.
Radiate head of Helios to right / ΦIΛΩN, rose with bud to left; grain ear to lower right, P-O flanking; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group E, 251; HN Online 175; HGC 6, 1461. Good Very Fine. Pleasant old cabinet tone. Small flan flaws.(2.97gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Gaul, Massalia AR Obol. Circa 336-310 BC.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £167
Bare head of Apollo to left / M-A within wheel of four spokes. Maurel 360. 0.71gr, 10mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine. Small die break on reverse. Sharply detailed; toned with traces of blue-green iridescence on obverse.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. 5.53gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermark on obverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN[...] ΚΑΛΧΑ[...], Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 1276-82; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.16gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
