LOT 3261
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. Near Very Fine.(0.73gr, 10mm, 4h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3261
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres) AR Obol. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed and draped bust to left / Vahšīr standing to right before altar, holding sceptre. Tyler-Smith, Parcel 135-8; Alram 584. 0.44gr, 9mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Phrygia, Eumeneia AE 19mm. After 133 BC. ΔΙΟΦΑΝ- (Diophan-), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Helmetted head of Athena to right / EYM[E]-NEΩN ΔIOΦA, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch. BMC 7-8. 6.26gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of tunny fish to right; two pellets to left and one below / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe I 2, Tafel V 2; cf. SNG von Aulock 7324 (obol). 0.25gr, 6mm.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
