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LOT 3052
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to right with short mane; behind, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, and outstretched tongue; in upper left field, retrograde K; all within incuse square. SNG BnF 390. Near Very Fine.(0.26gr, 7mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Edom (Idumaea) AR Quarter Shekel-Drachm. 4th century BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Helmeted head of Athena to right, degraded to blank dome-like surface / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left. GTvA 12-20; HGC 10, 617. 2.19gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Surfaces corroded.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kyrenaika, Kyrene AE 19mm. Circa 250-246 BC. Koinon issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / K-O-I / N-O-N, silphium plant. Asolati 61; SNG Copenhagen 1279. 9.60gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Dated SE 184 (129/8 BC). Tyre mint. Phoenician standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed and draped bust to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗMΗΤΡΙΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow, with palm frond over shoulder, to left, [I]EPA above club surmounted by Tyre monogram, to right, AΣY above ΔΠP (date), monogram between legs. SC 2195.2c; HGC 9, 1122; DCA2 170. 12.51gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
