LOT 2637
Lydia, Apollonis AE 15mm. Circa 200-1 BC.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / AΠOΛΛΩ-NIΔEΩN, winged thunderbolt. GRPC Lydia 3; SNG Copenhagen 17; BMC 4; SNG München 33. Good Very Fine.(4.17gr, 15mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia, Arados AR Tetradrachm. Circa 138/7-44/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Dated CY 199 (61/60 BC). Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike standing facing, head to left, holding aplustre and palm; ΘϘΡ (date) above Aramaic letter qoph above AN; all within wreath. Duyrat 4189; DCA 772; HGC 10, 72. 13.17gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Indo-Skythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛ AZOY, King on horseback riding to right, wearing cataphractus and holding whip aloft, uncertain Kharosthi letter before horse / Athena standing facing, holding shield on left arm, raising her right hand; monogram to right, Kharosthi "A" to left. Senior 96.10D-13D; HGC 12, 651. 2.16gr, 16mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Double struck.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
