LOT 3825
Mysia, Kyzikos AE 11mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Head of Kore to right / K-Y Z-I, tripod, monogram to left Cf. Von Fritze, Gruppe III, 22-24. Very Fine.(1.65gr, 11mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3825
Mysia, Kyzikos AE 11mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Lucania, Metapontion AE 15mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; [MET]A to left. Johnston, Bronze 68a; SNG Copenhagen 1254; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 3.54gr, 15mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, in the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes, circa 323-319 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΑΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram above torch in left field. Price 2589; Müller 91. 4.21gr, 18mm, 2h.
Very Fine; struck on a broad flan, full borders visible.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 200. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Thessaly, Pharsalos AR Drachm. Late 5th-mid 4th century BC. Signed by the engraver ΤΗΛΕΦΑΝΤΟΣ (Telephantos) and ΙΠ- (Ip-).
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,350
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet with raised cheek pieces; behind neck, ΤΗ above ΙΠ (engravers' initials) in small lettering / Φ-Α-Ρ-Σ clockwise around Thessalian cavalryman riding horse prancing to right, wearing petasos, chlamys and chiton, and holding lagobolon over his right shoulder; in exergue, Τ (engraver's initial). Lavva 86 (O43/R51); BCD Thessaly I 1284 var. (TH in exergue); BCD Thessaly II 639 var. (no ΙΠ); HGC 4, 624. 5.95gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Extremely Fine. Tiny cut on reverse. Attractive toning with golden iridescence around the devices. Sharply struck and surprisingly detailed.
From a Swiss collection, acquired prior to 2005. Ex Nomos AG, Auction 21, 21 November 2020, lot 145 (company's ticket included).
If the harmony and the aristocratic inner peace of the portraits are the first thing that catches our attention, it is the extremely detailed rendering of the figures, especially on the reverse, that makes the viewer cling more to their admiration for this coin. Each depiction of Athena’s head in these emissions of Pharsalos makes us believe that she has her own character and that no two are the same, even though they share the same characteristics. Athena in our coin looks like a tender girl with a serious but innocent look in her eyes. Her divine power, despite her young age, is not violent; it is simply inherent in the serenity of her gaze. On the other hand, the detailed rendering of the cavalryman’s and horse's face, the texture of his chlamys, the harmonious matching of muscles and joints in the horse's body, and even the pronounced veins in the horse's belly convince us of a talented engraver and a gifted artist.
