LOT 2991
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Athena Promachos advancing to left, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68b; SNG ANS 562-4; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Near Very Fine.(3.34gr, 14mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Troas, possibly Kebren (as Antiochia) PB Trial Strike. First part of 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Male bearded head to left / Head of ram to right; above, trident to right, A below. For a similar bronze emission cf. BMC 40. 11.53gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare Greek test strike.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
It has been suggested that such Greek lead test strikes were made by itinerant engravers in an effort to sell their services to cities that produced coins, much like modern coin patterns, which are made by artists to help officials visualise a coin before it is approved for production. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Obol. Circa 260s BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with wings spread standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, Galatian shield between two monograms; Λ between legs; c/m: incuse trident. CPE B190; Svoronos 581; SNG Copenhagen 129. 15.01gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Eastern Sogdiana, AR Hemidrachm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed Seleukid head right / Head and neck of horse right, uncertain legend around. MIG, The Dahae of the East Caspian Lowlands 666. 2.59gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
