LOT 3141
Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm. Dated 207 BE (91/0 BC). Nikomedeia mint.
Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre with left hand and wreath with right; to inner left, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt above monogram of MHN and ZΣ (date). Callataÿ p. 62 (dies D173/R9); Dewing 2160 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II, lot 1133 (same dies); DCA2 499; HGC 7, 646 (92/1 BC). Good Very Fine. Toned, struck with worn obverse die.(16,72gr, 33mm, 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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LOT 3141
Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes IV Philopator AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. 450-333 BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Bearded head to right / Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette, two birds standing right and left within the volutes, dolphin swimming to right below, all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.6D. 1.83gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Double struck and test cut on reverse.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 121, 6 October 2022, lot 565. -
Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Calycadnum AE 23mm. Mid-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΣA to left, palm branch to right / ΣEΛEΥKEΩN TΩN ΠΡOΣ TΩI KAΛΥKAΔNΩI, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; NKI KAΛ in two lines in left field. SNG BnF 903-904; SNG Copenhagen 200. 6.84gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
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): £91
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. 5.52gr, 15mm.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
