LOT 2904
Moesia, Istros AR Drachm. Circa 313-280 BC.
Two young male heads facing, right head inverted / IΣTPIH above sea-eagle on dolphin to left; monogram of ΔI below. SNG BM Black Sea 253; BMC 3; HGC 3.2, 1802. Very Fine.(4.15gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Phoenicia, Sidon 'Abdamon' AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 425-407 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Galley to left before turreted city wall, lion in exergue / Persian king standing to right and firing bow. Cf. HGC 10, 230. 0.70gr, 10mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Campania, Neapolis AR Nomos. Circa 275-250 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of nymph to left, her hair in band; TAP behind neck, EYΞ below / Man-headed bull standing to right, head facing; above, Nike flying to right, crowning bull; EΠI below; ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙ[ΤΩΝ] in exergue. Sambon 484; HN Italy 586; Vlasto 1044; SNG ANS 382. 7.27gr, 21mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. Circa 121-113 BC. Ake-Ptolemais mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched hand and long sceptre; crescent above, monogram of ΔYΡ in left field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. 16.24gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Nice toning with golden iridescence in fields.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
