LOT 3135
Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain Ruler AR Sixteenth Shekel. Circa 4th century BC.
Phoenician galley / 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). Near Very Fine.(0.56gr, 10mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Edom (Idumaea) AR Quarter Shekel-Drachm. 4th century BC. Imitating Athens.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Helmeted head of Athena to right, degraded to blank dome-like surface / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left. GTvA 12-20; HGC 10, 617. 2.19gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Surfaces corroded.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.16gr, 14mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
