LOT 2944
Islands off Mysia, Pordosilene AR Hemidrachm. Circa 427-405 BC.
Head of young male to right, wearing tainia / ΠΟΡΔ, panther standing to right within incuse square. Erol-Özdizbay 2; S&B 2; HGC 6, 1097. Good Very Fine. Nicely toned with hints of golden iridescence.(1.95gr, 11mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £56
Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 167 (146/5 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow to left; palm frond in background; to left, club surmounted by Tyre monogram; to right, ZΞP (date) above monogram. SC 1959.1b; Newell, Tyre 82; HGC 9, 970; DCA 153. 13.09gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. 5.50gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
