LOT 2753
Phoenicia, Arados AE 15mm. Circa 206-176 BC.
Dated CY 69 (191-190 BC). Turreted head of Tyche to right / Prow of galley to left, [civic monogram] above, III III III NNN (date) in Phoenician below. HGC 10, 87. Very Fine. Extremely rare dated type.(3.37gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Kings of Paeonia, Patraos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 335-315 BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Astibos or Damastion mint. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Π-OΑ-P-ΤΑΥ (sic), Paeonian horseman, wearing crested helmet and full armor, galloping to right and spearing fallen enemy, who defends himself with a shield on his left arm. SNG ANS - (none with this legend); SNG Copenhagen 1390; Paeonian Hoard pl. 9, 490. 12.70gr, 25mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with hints of golden iridescence around the devices. Well centred.
Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 82, 20 January 2009, lot 255 (company's ticket included). -
Sasanian Kingdom, Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, legends flanking; all within single border / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within single border. 4.04gr, 30mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Teos AR Diobol. Circa 320-294 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £23
ΜΕΝΤΩΡ (Mentor), magistrate. Griffin seated to right, right forepaw raised / ΤΗΙ ΜΕΝΤΩ[Ρ], chelys. Kinns 95 var. (magistrate's name downward to left). 0.92gr, 10mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Attractively toned with hints of blue iridescence around the devices on obverse.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland.
Teos came under the rule of the Achaemenids, when Cyrus II (559-529 BC) was king. The occupation by the Persians led to the exodus of a large part of the population of Teos, between 545 and 540 BC, to Thrace, where they participated in the rebuilding of the city of Abdera. The two cities struck similar silver coins with the depiction of the griffin, seated on the right for Teos and on the left for Abdera.
