LOT 3087
Lucania, Metapontion AE 17mm. Circa 225-200(?) BC.
Helmeted head of Leukippos to right / Demeter standing facing, head to right, holding long-cross torch; META to right. Johnston, Bronze 66; HN Italy 1702; HGC 1, 1099. Near Extremely Fine.(4.96gr, 17mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Sicily, Akragas AR Hemidrachm. Circa 420-410 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Eagle to left, clutching dead hare in its talons / Crab; fish to right below. SNG ANS 1003. 1.93gr, 15mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Macedon, Terone Fourrée Tetrobol. Circa 490-460 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Oinochoe to left, with bunch of grapes hanged on its body / Quadripartite incuse square. For prototype cf. SNG ANS 746; HGC 3.1, 709. 1.98gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IX to Ptolemy XII AE 19mm. 116-51 BC. Alexandria mint. Series 9.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with their wings closed standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left. Svoronos 1426 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); SNG Copenhagen 311-4 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII). 8.52gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
