LOT 3410
North Africa, Carthage AE 1/5 Unit. Time of Hannibal, circa 221-218 BC. Carthago Nova mint.
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Crested Thracian helmet to left. ACIP 582; FAB 523; SNG BM Spain 67; Villaronga 1973, 114; CNH p. 69, 46. Very Fine.(1.94gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 20mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC. ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ (Eukles, Kratinos), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with bow and quiver over shoulder / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ EYKΛHΣ KPATINOΣ, humped bull butting to right; A between hind legs. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 851 (no A); SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; cf. SNG Tübingen 2956 (same). 7.62gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Olive-green patina.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Hemidrachm. Circa 350-325 BC. ΑΝΑΞΙΜΒΡΟΤΟΣ (Anaximbrotos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Helmetted warrior, in military attire and holding lance in his right hand, on horseback to right / ΜΑΓ, bull butting to left on meander pattern; [to right, corn ear?], [Α]ΝΑΞΙΜΒΡ[...] below. Cf. Klein 409; cf. SNG Kayhan I 415. 1.53gr, 12mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Trihemiobol or 1/8 Stater. Circa 411-340 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Bald satyr kneeling to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and resting his left on his hip / ΘΑΣ-ΙΩΝ, volute krater with tall handles. Le Rider, Thasiennes 27; HGC 6, 352. 0.87gr, 12mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
