LOT 3001
Phoenicia. Byblos, 'Aynel (Enylos) AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 350-316/5 BC.
Two hoplites, holding shields, on galley to left, 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.(0.63gr, 10mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 33 (253/2 BC). Tyre mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed head to right, wearing aegis / ΠΤΟΛEΜΑΙOΥ [ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; TYP civic monogram above club in left field, ΛΓ (date) above MA monogram in right field; MY or MI monogram between eagle's legs. CPE 600; Svoronos 676; SNG Copenhagen 490; BMC -; Meydancikkale -; Noeske -; DCA 20. 14.04gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; star to inner left. SC 2034.2e; CSE 261; HGC 9, 1061. 4.57gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. Dated RY 36 (AD 627). AHM (Hamadan) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. SC Tehran 1594-1605; Göbl II/3. 4.08gr, 33mm, 3h.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
