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LOT 3219
Samaria, "Middle Levantine" Series AR Obol. Circa 375-333 BC. Imitating Athens.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Owl standing to right, head facing; [olive spray to left], 'BD'L (in Aramaic) to right. Meshorer & Qedar 59; Sofaer 114-5. Near Very Fine.(0.76gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3219
Samaria, "Middle Levantine" Series AR Obol.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Thrace. Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Facing Gorgoneion with tongue protruding, serpents around / Upright anchor; in field, crayfish to left and A to right. SNG Copenhagen 452; SNG BM Black Sea 157; SNG Bulgaria Russe 2, 120-168; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.03gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Obol. 336-323 BC. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre. Cf. HGC 3.1, 918. 0.53gr, 9mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Bosporos, Rheskouporis V and Constantine I AE Stater. Dated Bosporan Era 624(?) (AD 327/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
BACIΛЄധC P[...]OC, diademed and draped bust of Rheskouporis V to right; trident before / Laureate and draped bust of Constantine I to right; eagle on globe before, holding wreath in beak, Δ(?)KX (date) below. Cf. MacDonald 683/1. 7.47gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
