LOT 2925
Kings of Paeonia, Patraos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 335-315 BC. Astibos or Damastion mint.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Π-OΑ-P-ΤΑΥ (sic), Paeonian horseman, wearing crested helmet and full armor, galloping to right and spearing fallen enemy, who defends himself with a shield on his left arm. SNG ANS - (none with this legend); SNG Copenhagen 1390; Paeonian Hoard pl. 9, 490. Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with hints of golden iridescence around the devices. Well centred.(12.70gr, 25mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 82, 20 January 2009, lot 255 (company's ticket included).
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LOT 2925
Kings of Paeonia, Patraos AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Attica, Athens Fourrée Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Head of Athena to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace 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 with berry in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype cf. HGC 4, 1631. 3.43gr, 14mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 294-282 BC. Uncertain mint 10 on Cyprus (Salamis or Kition).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed head to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, ΣT above monogram of ΠΑ. CPE 235; Svoronos 368; SNG Copenhagen 87. 14.08gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From 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. -
Spain. Castulo AE Unit. Late 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Diademed male head right; before, hand / 'KASTILO' (in Celtiberian), Sphinx standing right, paw raised; star to right. ACIP 2143. 14.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
