LOT 3183
Islands off Ionia, Chios AE 13mm. 84-30 BC. ΑΡΙΣΤΟΚΛΗΣ (Aristokles), magistrate.
Sphinx seated to right; raised foreleg on prow / Pointed amphora, ΑΡΙΣΤΟ-ΚΛΗΣ to right, XIOΣ to left. SNG Copenhagen 1631. Very Fine.(1.93gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
AT (Ādurbādagān) mint. Bust to right, wearing crown, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS III, type IIa/1e. 4.17gr, 28mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. 359-336 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed male head to right / ΦIΛIΠΠOV, youth on horseback to right; spearhead below. SNG ANS 850-1; SNG Alpha Bank 354-8. 6.99gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Phokis, Federal Coinage AR Triobol. Circa 352-351 BC. Struck under the tyrant Phayllos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £332
Head of bull facing / Φ-Ω, laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, lyre. BCD Lokris-Phokis -; Williams 404 (O262?/R234). 2.42gr, 15mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lightly toned. Sharply struck and with nice details.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
