LOT 2883
Lucania, Herakleia AE 12mm. Circa 280-150 BC.
Forepart of horse galloping to right / Owl standing to right on thunderbolt, head facing; ͰΗΡA to left. HN Italy 1439; HGC 1, 1016. Very Fine. Very rare.(1.83gr, 12mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 20mm. Circa 310-304/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Beardless head of satyr to left; c/m: twelve-rayed star within circular incuse / Head of lion to left, sturgeon to left in exergue, Π-A-N around; c/m: bow in bow case (cut into die?). MacDonald 70; Anokhin 130; SNG Stancomb 554-5; SNG BM Black Sea 885-9; HGC 7, 114. 6.79gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
MacDonald argues that after the application of these countermarks, coins without them were no longer considered legal tender. There are some examples of the countermarks being engraved directly into the dies, as they became a necessary feature of the design for the coins to circulate legally. -
Seleucid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Tetradrachm. 152-145 BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Dated SE 165 (148/7 BC). Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to left holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY to left, EΞP (date) and monogram in exergue. SC 1784.4c; HGC 9, 875a. 15.04gr, 28mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 108, 13 April 2023, lot 543. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
AY (Ērān-xvarrah-Šābuhr [Susa]) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Type 3. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SNS type IIIb/1e; Sunrise -. 3.91gr, 27mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a South West London gentleman.
