LOT 2692
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.(0.75gr, 10mm, 4h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Tetrobol. Struck circa 246-222 BC. Alexandreia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Laureate head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, head to right, cornucopiae bound with royal diadem across shoulders behind, E between legs. CPE B366; Svoronos 974; Köln 91; SNG Copenhagen 224-226. 42.35gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second satrapy and kingship, struck circa 311-300 BC. Babylon I mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ 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; MI in left field, monogram of MHTP in wreath beneath throne. SC 82.4a; Price 3751; HGC 9, 10f. 17.11gr, 27mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ilyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 3rd-1st century BC. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cow standing to right, looking back at suckling calf standing to left below; blundered legend above, ornament behind / Double stellate pattern in double linear square; blundered legend around. For prototype cf. HGC 3, 40. 2.90gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
