LOT 3331
North Africa, Carthage AE 19mm. Circa late 4th-early 3rd century BC. Uncertain mint in Sicily and/or Carthage.
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse galloping to right. CNP 126; MAA 15; SNG Copenhagen 94-6. Good Very Fine.(6.43gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Pontos, Pharnakeia AE 17mm. Struck under Pharnakes I, circa 185-125 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΑΡΝΑ-ΚΕΩΝ, zebu butting to right, head facing. SNG BM Black Sea 1274; RG I, 3; HGC 7, 295. 5.24gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos III Soter (Keraunos) AE 15mm. Circa 225-223 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Draped bust of Artemis to right; quiver at shoulder / Apollo Delphios seated to left on omphalos, testing arrow and resting hand on bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Σ] to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟ[Υ] to left, [monogram] to outer left, [monogram] in exergue. Cf. SC 922; HGC 9, 421. 3.68gr, 15mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Sicily, Kamarina AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 420-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet ornamented with wing / [KAMA], owl standing to left, head facing, clutching lizard in talons; in exergue, three pellets (mark of value). CNS 33; SNG ANS 1229; HGC 2, 548. 3.17gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
