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LOT 2660
Mysia, Parion AR Drachm. 5th century BC.
Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Disorganised linear pattern within incuse square. SNG Arikantürk -; SNG BN 1351-2. Very Fine.(3.31gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Cyprus. Salamis, Nikokreon AE Half Unit. Struck circa 323-317 BC. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Macedonian shield decorated with gorgoneion on the boss / B-A, Macedonian helmet; kerykeion to lower left. Cf. Price 3158. 3.07gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman. -
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Philoxenos Aniketos AE Double Unit(?). Circa 125-110 BC. Square module.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ, Tyche standing to left, raising hand and holding cornucopia; monogram to lower left / Zebu standing to right; Σ below. Bopearachchi 10H; SNG ANS 1209-14; HGC 12, 274. 8.56gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired from CGB. From the Nick Collins collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 78, 17 December 2020, lot 700. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 28 (143/2 BC). Kition mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis around neck / [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ] ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L KH (date) to left, KI to right. CPE II 1423; Svoronos 1577, pl.lv 5; SNG Copenhagen 594; DCA 54. 11.98gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
