LOT 3057
Mysia, Pergamon AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 76-67 BC. Te-, prytaneis. Cistophoric type.
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre; between the snake heads, TH above prytaneis monogram of ΠΡΥ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 49; SNG BN 1752-3. Very Fine.(12.53gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Greek King of Baktria, Eukratides I AE 21mm. c.175-170 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY / ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, diademed and draped bust right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet / Maharajasa/Evukratidasa (Kharosthi), Dioscuri on horseback charging right, with couched spears and holding palm branches. HGC 12, 146. 8.65gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Caria, Kaunos AE Chalkous. 191/0-166 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed male head to right / Double cornucopiae bound with fillet. SNG Copenhagen 184; SNG Keckman 75. 1.78gr, 13mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Due to the poor condition of the coin, its attribution is uncertain. Another possible attribution could be from the time of Ptolemy VIII to Cleopatra VII, in the mid-2nd to the 1st century BC. (Svoronos 1160). -
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Group of Fifteen [15] Greek and Other Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Various rulers and cities. 77gr total.
Near Fine to Good Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. From a private collection, Switzerland; thence by descent. From a private collection, since the late 1990s.
