LOT 2905
Moesia, Istros AR Drachm. Circa 280-255 BC.
Two young male heads facing, right head inverted / Sea-eagle to left, clutching dolphin in its talons; IΣTPI[H] above, ΦΥ below. SNG Stancomb 148; Dima Subgroup VI, pl. 19, 1-7; AMNG I.1, 425; HGC 3.2, 1803. Good Very Fine.(5.05gr, 17mm.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II AR Tetradrachm. 121-91 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing torc / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOΥ AΡΣA-KOΥ EΠIΦANOΥΣ, Arsakes I seated to right on omphalos, holding bow in his right hand. Sellwood 24.1. Shore -. 15.48gr, 32mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning.
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. -
Bithynia, Kios AR AR Eighth Siglos-Obol. 345-315 BC. ΑΘΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ (Athenodoros), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Apollo right / ΑΘΗΝΟΔΩΡΟΣ, prow left; grain ear to right. Unpublished denomination for series but cf. CNG, e-595, 88. 0.97gr, 10mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; the second known example.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 137. 0.91gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
