LOT 2960
Pisidia, Antioch AE 19mm. 1st century BC. ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΣ (Theophrastos), magistrate.
Draped bust of Mên to right, wearing Phrygian cap, set on upturned crescent; uncertain countermark before / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕωΝ ΘΕΟΦΡΑC[...], Zebu bull standing to right. Unpublished in the standard references. Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently unpublished and possibly unique with this magistrate's name.(5.33gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx CNG.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 90-85 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Aegis / [Α]ΜΙΣΟΥ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm tied with fillet over left shoulder. Malloy 45a; RG 44; HGC 7, 242. 6.65gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Thrace, Maroneia AE 17mm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Dionysos standing to left, nude but for chlamys draped over his arm, holding grape bunch and two narthex stalks; ΜΑΡΩΝ[ΙΤΩΝ] downwards to right. HGC 3.2, 1541. 6.03gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Campania, Neapolis AR Nomos. Circa 275-250 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of nymph to left, her hair in band; TAP behind neck, EYΞ below / Man-headed bull standing to right, head facing; above, Nike flying to right, crowning bull; EΠI below; ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙ[ΤΩΝ] in exergue. Sambon 484; HN Italy 586; Vlasto 1044; SNG ANS 382. 7.27gr, 21mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
