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LOT 3136
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Phoenician galley to left / Persian king or hero, holding dagger, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on its hind legs; Phoenician letter between; all within incuse square. Cf. HGC 10, 240 (Sakton II). Good Fine. Corroded surfaces.(0.74gr, 9mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3136
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Kushan Rulers of Baktria, Kanishka CU Tetradrachm. c. AD 127-151.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ΒΑCIΛЄΥC BACIΛEWN KANHÞAOKOV, king standing facing, sacrificing over altar to left / OAΔO, Oado with raised arms running left. Göbl 783; ANS 540-545; AWC 3108-3110. 17.84gr, 6mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.56gr, 10mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Mysia, Pergamon AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 85-76 BC. Kt-, prytanis. Cistophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre; between the snake heads, KT above prytaneis monogram of ΠΡΥ, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 38; SNG BnF 1741. 12.27gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
