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LOT 2732
Philistia (Palestine), Uncertain Mint AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and Attic helmet; Aramaic letter 'shin' on cheek / Owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig and crescent(?) in upper left field, all within shallow incuse circle. Unpublished in the standard references including Huth and Gitler & Tal. About Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished with this letter on Athena's cheek and possibly unique.(3.87gr, 13mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 35 (136/5 BC). Salamis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L ΛE (date) to left, ΣΛ to right. CPE II 1389; Svoronos 1547, pl.liii, 16; SNG Copenhagen -. 10.73gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Very rare; only one example on CoinArchives (cgb.fr, Mail Bid Sale 36, 23 October 2008, 270).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Troas, possibly Kebren (as Antiochia) PB Trial Strike. First part of 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Male bearded head to left / Head of ram to right; above, trident to right, A below. For a similar bronze emission cf. BMC 40. 11.53gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare Greek test strike.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
It has been suggested that such Greek lead test strikes were made by itinerant engravers in an effort to sell their services to cities that produced coins, much like modern coin patterns, which are made by artists to help officials visualise a coin before it is approved for production. -
Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Apollodotos I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 180-160 BC. Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara. Square module.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, elephant standing to right; monogram of ΠΙ below / 'Maharajasa Apaladatasa tradarasa' in Kharosthi, Zebu standing to right; monogram of ΠΙ below. Bopearachchi 4G; SNG ANS 337-43; HGC 12, 119. 1.35gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Areas of delamination.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
