LOT 3089
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. Extremely Fine.(3.25gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. Circa 196-146 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / The nymph Histiaia seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis; wing on galley, IΣTI-AIEΩN around. HGC 4, 1525. 1.97gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Aeolis, Autokane AE 9mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Zeus to right / AYT[...], helmeted head of Athena to right; bunch of grapes behind. 0.66gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia. Astyra, Tissaphernes AE 11mm. Circa 400-395 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[TIΣΣA], bare, bearded head of Tissaphernes to right / ΑΣΤΥΡΗ, facing cult statue of Artemis Astyrene, wearing polos and with fillets hanging from wrists; to upper right, vertical club. Klein 253; SNG Arikantürk 331-61; SNG BnF 124A. 1.52gr, 11mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Astyra was a small town of Mysia, in the plain of Thebes, between Antandros and Adramyteion. It had a temple of Artemis, of which the Antandrii had the superintendence, and Artemis had hence the name of ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣ ΑΣΤΥΡΗΝΗ (Artemis Astyrene), as it appears on our coin.
