LOT 3155
Mysia, Parion AR Hemidrachm. 4th century BC.
Bull standing to left, head to right / Gorgoneion. Cf. SNG BN 1384-6. Good Fine.(1.65gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Phoenicia, Tyre(?) AE Unit. 1st century BC(?). Autonomous issues.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Turretted head of Tyche to right / Club. For a similar example see CNG, E-399, 241; otherwise unpublished. 1.28gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare and unpublished.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. Circa 133 BC - AD 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Club; ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ across fields, monogram below; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 70; SNG Munich 483. 4.57gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good very fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AR Hemidrachm. 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Radiate and diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting left hand on grounded bow; [monogram in exergue]. Cf. SC 1786.4; HGC 9, 891. 1.95gr, 13mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Some roughness.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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