LOT 3920
Philistia, Gaza AR Rb' Sql (Drachm). Circa 420-350 BC.
Youthful female head to right, hair gathered at the back / Facing head of Bes; in fields, traces of legend in Aramaic; all within dotted square border within incuse square. Cf. Fischer-Bossert, Philistian, 32a; cf. Gitler & Tal VI.14Dc; Hendin -; Jeselsohn 141; Mildenberg, Vestigia, pl. XXVII, 25; Shoshana -; Sofaer -. Near Very Fine. Test cut on reverse. Extremely rare.(3.06gr, 17mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceLondon gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
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LOT 3920
Philistia, Gaza AR Rb' Sql (Drachm).
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£200 (EUR 232; USD 270) +BP*
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Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. Miletos, 295-294 BC.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £119
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram to left, labrys below throne. Price 2148 corr. (monogram); ADM I Series XIII; Newell 49; HGC 3.1, 1015. 4.29gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 214. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 24mm. Circa 340-325 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £77
Ivy wreathed and bearded head of Satyr to left / ΠANTI below bow and arrow. MacDonald 59; Anokhin 1022; HGC 7, 106. 10.35gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Repatinated.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 94, 24 February 2022, lot 308. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
