LOT 3000
Phoenicia, Berytus AE 9mm. AD 218-222. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
CO-L, Marsyas standing to left and holding wineskin / BER above prow to right. RPC III 3858; BMC 27-35. Near Very Fine.(0.50gr, 9mm, 8h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Sicily, Leontini AE Tetras or Trionkion. Circa 405-402 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Apollo to right; laurel leaf behind, ΛEON before / Tripod; kithara within legs, barley grains flanking, three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. CNS III, 3; HGC 2, 708. 2.62gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 60, 9 July 2018, lot 115 (company's ticket included). Ex CNG (company's ticket included). Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IIIb (early), style B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Cf. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII). 5.57gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarked on both sides.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right; c/m: monogram within incuse square / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑ[...], Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262 (ΚΑΛΧΑΔΩ); HGC 3.2, 1428. 9.33gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
