LOT 3135
Kings of Bosporos, Rhadamsades and Licinius I BI Stater. Dated BE 615 (AD 318/19).
RACIΛEΩC ΡΑΔΑΜC, diademed and draped bust to right / Laureate and draped bust of emperor to right, EIX (date) below, club before. SNG Stancomb 1032; MacDonald 666/1; Frolova II, pl.47, 30. Very Fine.(7.50gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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LOT 3135
Kings of Bosporos, Rhadamsades and Licinius I BI Stater.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Phoenicia, Arados AE 21mm. Dated CY 175 (85/84 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Veiled bust of Astarte to right / Humped bull running to left, KN-ΠC above; POЄ (date), P and Phoenician 'b' below. Duyrat 4481-4490; HGC 10, 80. 6.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Judaea, Caesarea Maritima AE 'Minim'. Circa 2nd-3rd century CE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / Lion standing to right, scales above. Not in the standard references. 1.52gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Gaul, Massalia AR Drachm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Light standard. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Lion standing to right, raising foreleg; MAΣΣA above, N(?) beneath lion's foreleg, AAΠ in exergue. LT- ; BN 1376; MHM 55/2. 2.15gr, 16mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nice deep cabinet toning. Extremely rare with this legend.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_198328). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
