LOT 2691
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.(0.74gr, 12mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE Serrate. Struck circa 175-173/2 BC. Ptolemais (Ake) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Veiled and diademed bust of Laodike IV to right; monogram of AB behind / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY, elephant's head to left; prow below, M in left field. SC 1477.1f; HGC 9, 686. 4.34gr, 17mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Drachm. Struck circa 219-205/4 BC. Alexandreia mint. Series 5E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle, with closed wings, standing to left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΣE between legs. CPE B502; Svoronos 992; SNG Copenhagen 205-6. 64gr, 41mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Reduced standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed head of nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤ[Ι]-ΑΙΕΩΝ, nymph seated to right on stern of galley decorated with wing. HGC 4, 1524. 1.81gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
