LOT 3257
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-316/5 BC.
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp to left / Lion attacking bull to left. E&E-B Series IV.4.2; HGC 10, 139. Near Very Fine.(0.75gr, 11mm, 2h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3257
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, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 435-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / Goat walking to right; AINI above, crab below foreleg. May 292-309; HGC 3.2, 1277. 1.18gr, 12mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 457. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 10.13gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Persis. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed bust to left, wearing mural crown / Ardaxšir (Artaxerxes) II standing to right, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. K&M 4/13 var. (king sacrificing to left); Alram 578. 0.58gr, 11mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
