LOT 3126
Moesia, Istros AR Drachm. Circa 313-280 BC.
Facing male heads, the left inverted / Sea-eagle to left, grasping dolphin with talons; monogram of ΔΙ below. Dima Group IV, Subgroup IV, 9; AMNG I 421; HGC 3, 1802. Good Very Fine. Iridescent tone.(4.17gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AR Triobol. Circa 480-470 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lion's head facing / Irregular incuse square punch. Frolova Type I; SNG BM Black Sea 836; HGC 7, 31. 2.40gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 19mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ [Ν]ΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; inner right, monogram. SNG BnF 1893 var. (monogram to inner left). 6.40gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Nice blue-green patina.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
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 dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.54gr, 16mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
