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LOT 3049
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 600-525 BC.
Head of tunny to right, superimposed on head of bull to right / Quadripartite incuse square. For a similar example cf. CNG 88, 290, otherwise unpublished. Very Fine.(0.72gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Phoenicia, Tyre. 'Ozmilk (Azemilkos) AR Shekel-Didrachm. Dated RY 8 (348/1 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Deity, holding reins and arched bow, riding hippocamp to right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin to right / Owl standing to right, head facing; crook and flail in background; in right field, |||| O above |||| (' [for 'Ozmilk] and 8 [date], in Phoenician). E&E-T Group II.2.1.19; HGC 10, 349; DCA2 928. 7.06gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Sidon. Ba'alsillem (Sakton) II AR Dishekel. Undated issue, struck circa 401-370 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Phoenician galley to left; B (in Phoenician) above, waves below / Persian king and driver in chariot to left; to right, king of Sidon, in Egyptian style garments, holding cultic sceptre, walking to left. E&E-S Group IV.1.1; HGC 10, 236. 27.25gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Tyre AE 17mm. Dated CY 51 (76/5 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Tyche to right, veiled and turreted, palm at shoulder / Palm tree, monogram of Tyre to right, AN (date) to left, IEPA-Phoenician letters and A-ΣΥ (ligate) across field. Rouvier 1903, 2126; HGC 10, 364. 3.78gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
