LOT 2766
Phoenicia, Sidon AE 22mm. 1st century BC.
Uncertain date. Jugate busts of Tyche, veiled and turreted, and Zeus to right; monogram to left / ΣΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΘΕΑΣ, Phoenician galley to left; [date] above. HGC 10, 283. Near Very Fine.(6.78gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ShI (Shiz) mint. No date. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Göbl type III/1. 4.02gr, 27mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Philistia, Gaza ('Azah) AR Obol. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Janiform female and male heads (only the male side visible) / Forepart of galloping horse to right; zayin and 'ayin above; all in dotted square within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.7O; Mildenberg, Gaza, pl. XXV, 19; HGC 10, 567. 0.73gr, 8mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 444, 15 May 2019, lot 210. -
Tauric Chersonesos, Chersonesos AE 20mm. Circa 330-310 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ΦΙΛΙΣΤ- (Philist-), magistrate. Griffin advancing to left, ΦΙΛΙΣΤ[...] above, XEP below; c/m: dolphin to left / Artemis Parthenos kneeling to right, holding bow and arrow. Cf. Revue Suisse XIII, p.187, 6; cf. SNG Stancomb 469; cf. SNG BM Black Sea, 757; HGC 3.2, 2081. 6.95gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare with countermark.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
