LOT 3250
Seleucis and Pieria, Apameia AE 21mm. Dated SE 275 (38/7 BC).
Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right / ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; EOΣ (date) to inner left, [letters?] in exergue. RPC I 4337; DCA 413; HGC 9, 1424. Good Very Fine.(7.98gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.53gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermark on obverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Head of the nymph Histiaia to right, wearing wreath of grape leaves and berries / IΣ[TI]- AIEΩN(partially inverted), Nymph seated to right on stern of galley, holding stylis in her left hand and resting her right on the deck; on the side of the stern, wing; below, monogram of AΓ and labrys. BCD Euboia 381; HGC 4, 1524. 2.39gr, 14mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. A very beautiful example.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Eight [8] Phoenicia, Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Various types. 7.20gr total.
Condition as seen.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985.
