LOT 3088
Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Helmeted head of Leukippos to right / Demeter standing facing, head to right, holding long-cross torch; META to right. Johnston, Bronze 66; SNG ANS 561; HN Italy 1702; HGC 1, 1099. Near Extremely Fine.(5.13gr, 16mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3088
Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Mysia. Astyra, Tissaphernes AE 11mm. Circa 400-395 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
[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. -
Indo-Skythians, Maues AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-57 BC. Taxila mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY MAYOY, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre / 'Rajadirajasa mahatasa Moasa' in Kharosthi, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder; monogram to right. Mitchiner 699a; HGC 12, 524. 9.49gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Bend with hairline crack.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. Circa 445-420 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Poseidon advancing right, nude but for chlamys draped over arms, wielding trident overhead / Bull standing left on dotted line. Cf. HN Italy 1116; HGC 1, 1152. 7.95gr,19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly suspension loop attached.
Acquired on the European art market.
