LOT 2957
Phrygia, Apameia AE 23mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAME[ΩN], eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕ[ΟΥΣ] below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 670. Very Fine.(10.10gr, 23mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Didrachm. Time of Magas, circa 294-275 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Horned head of Zeus Karneios to left / Silphion plant; two stars across upper fields, KY-PA across lower fields. BMC 237; SNG Copenhagen 1237. 7.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Nice old cabinet tone.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Phoenicia, Arados AE 15mm. Uncertain date, circa 206-126 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Zeus to right / Ram of prow to left; Phoenician letters above, date below. HGC 10, 88. 3.50gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gaul, Massalia AE 14mm. Circa 121-49 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Apollo head to right / Bull butting to right; ΜΑ[ΣΣΑ] above, [control letters in exergue]. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 810-821. 1.93gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
