LOT 3398
Sasanian Kingdom. Kavad I AR Drachm. Date RY 1(?) (AD 488). BYS (Bishapur) mint.
Bust to right, wearing mural crown with frontal crescent and korymbos set on crescent, ribbons and crescents on shoulders; star behind crown / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIa/1e. Very Fine.(3.57gr, 28mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 480/78-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Light Thraco-Macedonian standard. Facing gorgoneion / Anchor; A and crawfish flanking. Cf. Topalov, Apollonia 44; SNG Ruse 253-4; HGC 3, 1323. 3.28gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
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. -
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 160s BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Bearded head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing laurel wreath / Facing xoanon of bearded Dionysos facing, wearing polos; ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΩΝ flanking; all within wreath of ivy. Cf. EHC 650; cf. CH VIII, pl. LXIV, 2 (different obverse style). 13.92gr, 34mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rough surfaces. Very rare.
From the Fadel family collection, London, UK, 1970s.
