LOT 3405
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ [KΛEOΠATΡAΣ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419-21. Near Very Fine. Heavily tooled and smoothed.(12.42gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3405
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.54gr, 15mm.
Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Corinthia, Corinth AR Stater. Circa 350/45-285 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Pegasos flying to left with straight wings; Ϙ below / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet, with leather neck guard; [A beneath chin], Thessalian helmet to right. Ravel Period V, 1040; Pegasi 402; BCD Corinth 115; HGC 4, 1848. 8.49gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone.
Ex Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb), Sale 117, 30 September 2013, lot 3044. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Lucania, Thourioi AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 400-350 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident / Bull butting to right; [ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ] and NY in two lines above, fish to right in exergue. SNG ANS 1053; HN Italy 1790. 7.69gr, 22mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
