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LOT 2928
Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 95-90 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / AMIΣΟΥ, eagle standing to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; monogram to left. Malloy 14b; HGC 7, 245. Good Very Fine.(7.16gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Nabataea, Anonymous AE 12mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Petra(?) mint. Imitating staters of Alexander III of Macedon. Stylised helmetted head of Athena to right / Stylised Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; [crescent above Λ(?)] in left field. Cf. CN 2; HGC 10, 671. 2.60gr, 12mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 15mm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 415-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Arethousa to left, with her hair bound by ampyx in the front and sphendone in the back; olive branch behind / ΣYPA, dolphin swimming to right above scallop shell. CNS II, 24; HGC 2, 1480. 3.49gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Pella mint; struck circa 323-315 BC. Posthumous Issue. Laureate head of Zeus to left / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, horseman riding to right, holding palm branch and bridle; beneath horse's foreleg, Θ. SNG ANS 430; SNG Alpha Bank 275; Le Rider 439. 13.75gr, 25mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare left-facing issue.
Private collection of a North London lady before 2000. Property of a London gentleman.
