LOT 3064
Lucania, Thourioi AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 400-350 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident / Bull butting to right; [ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ] and NY in two lines above, fish to right in exergue. SNG ANS 1053; HN Italy 1790. Very Fine. Lightly toned.(7.69gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 24mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑ[...], Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 1276-82; HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.50gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. 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. 5.51gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Gergis AR Tetrobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Sphinx seated to right / Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left; within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Asia Minor Coins online #11089 (Sphinx with forepaw raised). 1.51gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 228. Property of a London antiquarian.
