LOT 3289
North Africa, Carthage AE 18mm. Circa 300-264 BC. Sardinian(?) mint.
Wreathed head of Tanit to left; three pellets(?) behind / Head of horse to right; palm tree before. Cf. CNP 252ad; cf. MAA 57p (Carthage). Near Very Fine.(2.93gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 16mm. Circa 133 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣAPΔI-ANΩN, club; all within oak wreath; [above, monogram]. Cf. SNG Tübingen 3778-9. 4.13gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AV Stater. 281-261 BC. Uncertain or Aï Khanoum mint. Imitative issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,073
Diademed head to right / BAIIΛΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧ, horsehead to right, ΔΙ to right. For prototype cf. ESM 683a; cf. Vecchi I, 360, A13 p.14; cf. Kritt, The Seleucid Mint of Aϊ Khanoum, pl.38.2. 8.21gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Oxford academic collection; ex de Clermont.
