LOT 3016
Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 31 (96/5 BC).
Laureate head of Melkart to right, lion skin around neck / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ, eagle standing to left on prow; palm frond in background; to left, AΛ (date) above club; monogram of HPA to right, B (in Phoenician) between legs. DCA-Tyre 112; DCA 2 946; HGC 10, 357. Near Very Fine.(12.89gr, 30mm, 12h.).
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.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.80gr, 10mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484. Unclear mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. Cf. SNS type IIIb/1e. 2.96gr, 26mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE 19mm. Uncertain mint in Macedon, 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Diademed male head to left / Youth on horseback to right; ΦIΛIΠΠOY above, uncertain symbol below. 5.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
