LOT 2992
Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 225-200(?) BC.
Wreathed head of Demeter to right / Two grain ears with leaves to right; META upwards, between, bird above right grain ear's leaf. Johnston Bronze 78; HN Italy 1714 corr. (position of ethnic). Near Very Fine.(5.11gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.53gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Six [6] Kushan and Indo-Greek AE Coins. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Group comprising: silver Drachm; bronzes (5; mixed issues and types). 71.50gr total, 14-26mm.
Fine-Good Fine.
Acquired UK market. Ex property of a Hertfordshire, UK, gentleman. -
Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan AE 'Tetradrachm'. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Stylised head of Athena to right, upward crescent on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray to left. Cf. Huth, Athenian, fig. 5, e; cf. Huth 40. 8.36gr, 22mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
