LOT 2673
Phoenicia, Arados AR Third Shekel. Uncertain king, circa 370-346 BC.
Contemporary imitation. Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad to right / Galley to right above waves; Aramaic letter above. For prototype: cf. E&E-A Group III; cf. HGC 10, 40-1. Very Fine. Lightly toned.(3.19gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 237.
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LOT 2673
Phoenicia, Arados AR Third Shekel.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
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Phoenicia, Arados AR Tetradrachm. Circa 138/7-44/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Dated CY 199 (61/60 BC). Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike standing facing, head to left, holding aplustre and palm; ΘϘΡ (date) above Aramaic letter qoph above AN; all within wreath. Duyrat 4189; DCA 772; HGC 10, 72. 13.17gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Islands off Thrace, Thasos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 168/7-148 BC.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, M to inner left. Le Rider, Thasiennes 51; SNG Copenhagen 1039; BMC 72; HGC 6, 359. 16.76gr, 31mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
North Africa, Carthage AR Quarter Shekel. Circa 215-205 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Uncertain Punic mint in Bruttium (or Lokris?) under Carthaginian occupation. Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse standing to right. Jenkins, Some L2; Robinson, Second p. 53, 3; HN Italy 2020; SNG Copenhagen 369. 1.94gr, 14mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned and conserved.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
