LOT 2909
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE Unit. Circa 359-336 BC. Uncertain Macedonian mint.
Diademed male head to left / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, naked youth on horse to right, Θ(?) below. Cf. SNG ANS 926. Near Very Fine.(5.10gr, 18mm, 10h.).
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Moesia, Istros AR Obol. Circa 420-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Two young male heads facing, right head inverted / IΣT above sea-eagle on dolphin left. Unpublished in the standard references. For type cf. SNG Stancomb 136-7 (hemiobols); AMNG 1.1, 452-3 (same); HGC 3.2, 1805-8. 0.50gr, 7mm.
Good Fine. Very rare denomination.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 28mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11,69gr, 28mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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; uncertain countermark / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 30. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.49gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
