LOT 2765
Phoenicia, Sidon 'Abdamon' AR 1/16 Shekel. Circa 425-407 BC.
Galley to left before turreted city wall, lion in exergue / Persian king standing to right and firing bow. Cf. HGC 10, 230. Good Fine.(0.70gr, 10mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2765
Phoenicia, Sidon 'Abdamon' AR 1/16 Shekel.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Pella mint; struck circa 323-315 BC. Posthumous Issue. Laureate head of Zeus to left / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, horseman riding to right, holding palm branch and bridle; beneath horse's foreleg, Θ. SNG ANS 430; SNG Alpha Bank 275; Le Rider 439. 13.75gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare left-facing issue.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman. -
Philistia (Palestine), Uncertain Mint AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Imitating Athens. Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring and Attic helmet adorned with olive leaves and pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry in upper left field, all within shallow incuse square. Gitler & Tal IX.1D. 4.18gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Phoenicia, Arados AE 15mm. Circa 206-176 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31
Dated CY 69 (191-190 BC). Turreted head of Tyche to right / Prow of galley to left, [civic monogram] above, III III III NNN (date) in Phoenician below. HGC 10, 87. 3.37gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare dated type.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
