LOT 3268
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm. 110-52 BC.
Struck CY 55(?) (57/6 BC). Turretted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Phoenician galley to left; above, date above ΣΙΔΩΝΙΩΝ; Phoenician legend below. Cf. HGC 10, 292. Very Fine.(3.41gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3268
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 16mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardeis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ, Apollo standing to left, holding arrow in right hand and resting left on bow set on ground; to left, monogram of ΚΘ above monogram of ΜΗΤΡ. SC 660.5a; HGC 9, 345. 3.51gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 Shekel. Time of Ba`alsillem (Sakton) I-Ba'ana, circa 425-401 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Galley sailing to left before city wall with three towers; below, lion recumbent to left / The Persian Great King standing to right, drawing bow; to left, incuse head of Bes; to right, incuse head of ibex. E&E-S Group III.3.a; Betlyon 10; HGC 10, 230. 0.48gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 550-480 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of tunny fish to right / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe I 3, Tafel V 3 var. (tunny's head to left); SNG BnF 356 var. (diobol). 0.46gr, 9mm.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
