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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Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 22mm. Dated Pompeian Era 19(?) (48 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and sceptre in left; above Zeus, thunderbolt; in the left field, cornucopia; IΘ(?) (date) in exergue; all within laurel wreath. HGC 9, 1366. 10.04gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Wima Takto, Soter Megas CU Drachm Imitating Heliokles Type. AD 90-113.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust right / Corrupt inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΟΥΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ, horse standing left with foreleg raised. SNG ANS 670-680; HGC 4, 177; MIG 507. 3.79gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Forepart of boar to left, retrograde K on shoulder; to right, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, facing head of panther; all within incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe II 13; SNC BnF 386. 0.33gr, 9mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
