LOT 2939
Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC.
Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. Good Very Fine.(3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a UK gallery.
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LOT 2939
Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Kings of Cappadocia, Ariarathes III AE 20mm. Circa 230-220 BC. Tyana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Head of Ariarathes III to right, wearing bashlyk / ΑΡΙA[..?], horseman galloping to right, brandishing spear; before, palm tree; monogram and TYANA(?) below. Simonetta -; HGC 7, -. 4.78gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; variety not in the standard references.
Property of a UK gallery. -
Moesia, Istros AR Obol. Circa 420-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Two young male heads facing, right head inverted / IΣT above sea-eagle on dolphin left. Unpublished in the standard references. For type cf. SNG Stancomb 136-7 (hemiobols); AMNG 1.1, 452-3 (same); HGC 3.2, 1805-8. 0.50gr, 7mm.
Good Fine. Very rare denomination.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Attica, Athens Fourrée Drachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Head of Athena to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry in upper left field, all within incuse square. For prototype cf. HGC 4, 1631. 3.43gr, 14mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
