LOT 3004
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.(0.77gr, 10mm, 10h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Dionysos standing to left, nude but for chlamys draped over his arm, holding grape bunch and two narthex stalks; MAPΩNITΩN to right. HGC 3.2, 1541. 4.63gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 19mm. Dated RY 10 (AD 1). Petra mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head to right / Eagle with closed wings standing to left; date at end of legend to right. Meshorer, Nabataean 80; Sofaer 53. 4.58gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 23mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAME[ΩN], eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕ[ΟΥΣ] below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 670. 10.10gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
