LOT 2662
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 160s BC.
Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing laurel wreath / Facing xoanon of bearded Dionysos facing, wearing polos; ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΩΝ flanking; all within wreath of ivy. Cf. EHC 650; cf. CH VIII, pl. LXIV, 2 (different obverse style). Near Very Fine. Rough surfaces. Very rare.(13.92gr, 34mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
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LOT 2662
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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Sicily, Kamarina AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 420-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with wing / KAMA, owl standing to left, head facing, clutching lizard in talons; in exergue, three pellets (mark of value). CNS 33; SNG ANS 1229; HGC 2, 548. 2.66gr, 15mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 25mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 295-289 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right; quiver over shoulder, ΣΩTEIPA downwards before / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ below. CNS II, 142; BAR Issue 33; SNG ANS 708; HGC 2, 1537. 9.77gr, 25mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Two Prutot. Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Poppy on stalk / [ΒΑΣΙ]ΛΕΩΣ ΗΡΩ[ΔΟΥ], winged kerykeion; L Γ (date) to left, monogram to right. RPC I, 4903; Meshorer 46; Hendin 6206; HGC 10, 653. 2.45gr, 17mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
