LOT 3333
Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm. 450-333 BC.
Bearded head to right / Paradise flower or Phoenician palmette, two birds standing right and left within the volutes, dolphin swimming to right below, all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal XVII.6D. Very Fine. Double struck and test cut on reverse.(1.83gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 121, 6 October 2022, lot 565.
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LOT 3333
Philistia, Uncertain mint AR Drachm.
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Cilicia, Adana AE 18mm. Circa 164-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Veiled head of Demeter to right / ΑΔΑΝΕΩΝ, horse prancing to left; to left monogram of ΔΙΧΟ and in exergue, monogram of ΔΟΥ. Cf. SNG BN 1851-3 (monograms); cf. SNG Levante 1211. 5.62gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Arados AE 21mm. Dated CY 175 (85/84 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Veiled bust of Astarte to right / Humped bull running to left, KN-ΠC above; POЄ (date), P and Phoenician 'b' below. Duyrat 4481-4490; HGC 10, 80. 6.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Lucania, Velia AR Stater. Circa 293-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with griffin; [Φ?] on neck-guard, monogram of AP behind / Lion advancing to right; kerykeion above, YEΛHTΩN in exergue. SNG Ashmolean 1387; HN Italy 1316; HGC 1, 1325. 6.48gr, 21mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
