LOT 2886
Lucania, Metapontion AE 17mm. 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. Near Extremely Fine.(3.44g, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Illyria, Apollonia AR Drachm. Circa 80/70-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝ (Ariston) and ΛΥΣΗΝΟΣ (Lysenos), magistrates. Cow standing to left, head reverted, suckling calf; APIΣTΩN above; monogram of AP in exergue / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; AΠOΛ ΛΥ-ΣΗ-ΝΟΣ around. Ceka 27; Maier 63; P&G 66. 3.24gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 590-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NAL (Nārmashir?) mint. Dated RY 37 (AD 627/8). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings and star set on crescent; all within double border with star-in-crescents and legend in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type II/3. 2.92gr, 29mm, 3h.
Good very fine.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos AE 21mm. Circa 182-149 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Nikomedia mint. Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos to right / The centaur Chiron walking to right, cloak over shoulder, playing lyre; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ to left, monogram between forelegs. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 639; HGC 7, 629. 6.60gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Chiron was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren, as he was called as the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs" (Homer, Iliad 11.831). Throughout Greek mythology, there were many heroes who were trained by Chiron, including Achilles, Ajax, Asklepios, Herakles, Jason, Perseus, and Theseus.
