LOT 2946
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' AE Tetrachalkon. 95-56 BC.
Damaskos mint. Struck circa 72-70 BC. Draped bust to right, wearing tiara with star and eagles / [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] ΤΙΓ-ΡΑΝΟΥ, Tyche of Damascus seated to left on rock, holding cornucopia; below, river-god Orontes swimming; to outer left, ΘE above OΦ. Kovacs 137; M&D 19 (Tigranes II); CAA 110 (same); AC 61 (same). Near Very Fine. Rare.(7.14gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2946
Kings of Armenia, Tigranes II 'the Great' AE Tetrachalkon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Lucania, Metapontion AE 17mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.44g, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Sicily, Syracuse AR 10 Litrai. Time of Hieronymos, circa 215-214 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Diademed head to left / BAΣIΛEOΣ IEPΩNYMOY, winged thunderbolt; ΑΦ above. HGC 2, 1567. 8.17gr, 22mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-60/55 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ (Meniskos) and ΛΥΚΙΣΚΟΣ (Lykiskos), magistrates. Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; MENIΣKOΣ above, statue of Isis to right / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; ΔYP ΛY-KIΣ-KOY around; all within linear circle border. Ceka 325; Maier 278; HGC 3, 40. 2.78gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
