LOT 2959
Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC.
Two nude wrestlers, standing and grappling with each other; between them, BI / [ΕΣΤ]FΕΔΙΙ[ΥΣ], slinger standing to right, about to shoot from his sling; to right, triskeles running to left. Tekin Series 4; SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock -. Near Very Fine. Toned. Small area of delamination on obverse.(10.85gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; star to inner left. SC 2034.2e; CSE 261; HGC 9, 1061. 4.57gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 280-271 BC. Aï Khanoum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed head to right / Horned and bridled horse's head to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ behind, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ below; monogram in circle before. SC 431.2; ESM 679. 3.57gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gaul, Massalia AR Obol. Circa 440-410 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Male head right, wearing helmet decorated with four-spoked wheel / Wheel. Maurel 271-288; Depeyrot 2. 0.83gr, 9mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
