LOT 3005
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.(0.80gr, 10mm, 10h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3005
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanon AE 19mm. 40-36 BC. ΛΥΣΑΝΙΑΣ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ (Lysanias, tetrarch and archiereus). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed head to right; ΠΤΟ monogram beneath chin / ΛΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΩΣ, Athena Nikephoros standing to left, resting upon shield set on ground; ΦΑ monogram to right. Herman 12; RPC I 4770; Sofaer 40; HGC 9, 1449. 4.71gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.51gr, 15mm.
Very Fine. Countermarked on obverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as strategos of Asia, AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 316-301 BC. Tarsos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΣΩ in left field, monogram of ΣΤΡ beneath throne. Price 3807 (Carrhae). 15.50gr, 24mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
