LOT 3130
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.(0.80gr, 10mm, 1h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. 3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AV Stater. 281-261 BC. Uncertain or Aï Khanoum mint. Imitative issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,073
Diademed head to right / BAIIΛΥ ΑΝΤΙΟΧ, horsehead to right, ΔΙ to right. For prototype cf. ESM 683a; cf. Vecchi I, 360, A13 p.14; cf. Kritt, The Seleucid Mint of Aϊ Khanoum, pl.38.2. 8.21gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Oxford academic collection; ex de Clermont. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander II Zabinas ΑΕ 21mm. Struck circa 125-122 BC. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Radiate and diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, double cornucopiae; A-Π flanking, club to lower left. SC 2237.1b; HGC 9, 1164. 8.79gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
