LOT 2591
Lucania, Metapontion AE 17mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Helmetted head of Leukippos to right / Demeter standing facing, head to right, holding long-cross torch; META downwards to right. Johnston, Bronze 66; HN Italy 1702; HGC 1, 1099. Good Very Fine.(5.38gr, 17mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Mysia, Pergamon AE 19mm. Mid-late 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain magistrate. Uncertain inscription, head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet with star on the bowl / ΠΕΡΓΑΜ[ΗΝΩN], Nike proceeding to right, holding wreath and palm frond. Cf. SNG BnF 1790-3 (Pergamos, magistrate). 5.89gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Eight [8] AE Ancient Coins. 3rd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various rulers and cities. 39.30gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Seleukid Empire, Philip I Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95/4-76/5 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck circa 88/7–76/5 BC. Diademed head to right / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟY to right, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟY to left; to outer left, Φ above A; monogram beneath throne, P in exergue; all within wreath. SC 2463.3i; HGC 9, 1319. 15.81gr, 29mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 558, 20 March 2024, lot 180.
