LOT 2902
Macedon, Skione AE 20mm. Circa 400-350 BC.
Diademed male head to right / ΣΚΙΩΝΑΙ, Corinthian helmet to right; kantharos(?) before. Cf. SNG ANS 716. Near Very Fine.(6.62gr, 20mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 330-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Chimaera standing to left, raising forepaw; ΣI below / Dove flying to left. BCD Peloponnesos 283. 2.34gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; uncertain countermarks (cf. 126 and 168) / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 116 and 202. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.44gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Sicily, Syracuse AR 10 Litrai. Time of Hieronymos, circa 215-214 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Diademed head to left / BAΣIΛEOΣ IEPΩNYMOY, winged thunderbolt; ΑΦ above. HGC 2, 1567. 8.17gr, 22mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
