LOT 3128
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 Fine.(0.88gr, 11mm, 12.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Mazaios (Mazday), satrap of Eber Nari AR Sixteenth Shekel. 353-333 BC. Uncertain date.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Phoenician galley sailing to left; [date in Phoenician above], waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; MZ (in Phoenician) between. HGC 10, 265. 0.70gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Cilicia, Aigeai, AE 21mm. c.169-120 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Turreted head of Tyche right / AIΓEAIΩN, horse head left, monogram to right. SNG Paris, BnF 2293-6; Bloesch 157. 5.48gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.70gr, 10mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
