LOT 3010
Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 137. Near Very Fine.(0.91gr, 10mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left; behind neck, seal swimming upwards / Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1906; Bodenstedt 32; SNG von Aulock -. 2.61gr, 9mm.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 25, 27 February 2016, lot 81 (since professionally cleaned). Ex Nomos AG, Auction 20, 10 July 2020, lot 217 (company's ticket included). -
Kings of Parthia, Mithradates II AR Tetradrachm. 121-91 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Diademed and draped bust to left, wearing torc / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOΥ AΡΣA-KOΥ EΠIΦANOΥΣ, Arsakes I seated to right on omphalos, holding bow in his right hand. Sellwood 24.1. Shore -. 15.48gr, 32mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful old cabinet toning.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Kings of Bithynia, Nikomedes III Euergetes AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 193 (105/4 BC). Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOΥΣ NIKOMHΔOΥ, Zeus standing facing, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left; to inner left, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt above monogram of MATP and ΓϘΡ (date). RG p.231; HGC 7, 645. 16.72gr, 32mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful old cabinet tone.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
