LOT 3220
Middle or Southern Levantine Uncertain AR Drachm. 5th-4th century BC.
Two confronted heads; male on left, female on right / Persian king or hero standing to left, slaying lion standing to right on hind legs; all within linear border within incuse square. Cf. Meshorer & Qedar, Samarian, no 35 (obol). Near Very Fine. Test cut.(2.61gr, 15mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Alexander II Zabinas ΑΕ 21mm. Struck circa 125-122 BC. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Radiate and diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, double cornucopiae; A-Π flanking, club to lower left. SC 2237.1b; HGC 9, 1164. 8.79gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Magistrate Timotheos Menela, head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath / AKMONE TIMOΘEOY MENEΛA, Asklepios standing facing, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. SNG Copenhagen 12. 2.77gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.67gr, 10mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
