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LOT 2882
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. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(2.09gr, 12mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 590-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NAL (Nārmashir?) mint. Dated RY 37 (AD 627/8). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; all within double border with star-in-crescents and legend in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type II/3. 2.92gr, 29mm, 3h.
Good very fine.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Seleucid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, 312-281 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, [MI above bee]; monogram or MHTP in wreath beneath throne. SC 82.2b; Price 3754; HGC 9, 10f. 16.93gr, 26mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Minor Asia & Levant PB Tessera. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Anchor in the form of club / Wreath containing uncertain inscription. 3.00gr, 14mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
