LOT 3127
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. Good Fine.(0.67gr, 10mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 16mm. 246-226 BC. ΔΕΛ mint, associated with Antioch.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Apollo to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, zebu standing to left, monogram of ΔΕΛ in left field. SC 708. 4.12gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Kanishka CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 127-151.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN KANHÞAOKOV, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / NANA, Nana standing right, holding wand and bowl. Göbl 783; ANS 540-545; AWC 3087-9. 16.21gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Indo-Sasanian. Chalukyas of Gujarat AR Gadhaiya. Circa AD 950-1050.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Stylised crowned head with elongated skull and large ears to right / Stylised fire altar flanked by attendants. Cf. Mitch NI 427; cf. B.U. Abels, Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklung der Gadhia-Münzen, in: Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Archäologie, vol. 4 (1982), p. 114, 4.2. 4.11gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
