LOT 3092
Kings of Galatia, Deiotaros AE 18mm. Circa 62-40 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; to left, monogram. HGC 7, 775. Near Very Fine.(6.35gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Attica, Athens AR Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC. Contemporary imitation.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype, cf. Kroll 10 and HGC 4, 1631; for another similar example cf. CNG, e-374, 229. 2.93gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Test cut.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cyprus, Salamis. Nikokreon AE Unit. Struck circa 332/1-323 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, club above quiver-within-bow; ΣA above, A below. Price 3143; Zapiti & Michaelidou 12; Tziambazis 19. 6.45gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.16gr, 14mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
