LOT 2926
Pontos, Amisos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 300-125 BC.
Demetrios, magistrate. Rhodian standard. Turreted bust of Hera-Tyche to right / Owl with spread wings standing facing on upturned shield, ΔΗ-ΜΗ-TPIOY across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 665 = SNG von Aulock 53; Recueil général I, 11, 4; SNG BM Black Sea 1118-20; HGC 7, 234. Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone. Scratch on obverse.(1.72gr, 12mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΗΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. 10.82gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
![Group of Five [5] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/220611s(1).jpg)
Group of Five [5] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Various mints. 21.28gr total.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
