LOT 3255
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-326 BC.
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left; legend in Phoenician above. E&E-B Group IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. Good Fine.(0.84gr, 11mm, 2h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3255
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Thrace, Mesambria AR Diobol. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Crested helmet facing / M-E-T-A within spokes of wheel; rays around. Karayotov I 37-94; HGC 3, 1560. 1.15gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander I Balas AE Serrate. 152-145 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Diademed head of Alexander I to right / BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Athena standing to left, holding Nike in right hand, left hand resting on shield set on ground; in inner left field, KA monogram above star above Δ. SC 1793.4; HGC 9, 900. 7.32gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Phoenicia, Arados AE 21mm. Dated CY 175 (85/84 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Veiled bust of Astarte to right / Humped bull running to left, KN-ΠC above; POЄ (date), P and Phoenician 'b' below. Duyrat 4481-4490; HGC 10, 80. 6.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
