LOT 3244
Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Uncertain mint 100.
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; AΣ to inner left. SC 2040a; HGC 9, 1061. Near Very Fine.(5.85gr, 18mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Akarnania, Anaktorion AR Stater. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Pegasos flying to left; below, monogram of AN / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; above visor, KΛE; below, monogram of AΓ; behind, monogram of AN and filleted bucranium. BCD Akarnania 86; Calciati 71; Imhoof-Blumer, Akarnaniens 92; HGC 4, 763. 8.16gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine. 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. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 11.28gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
South Arabia. Himyar, 'Amdan Bayan Yahaqbid AR Unit. Circa AD 100-120. Raydan mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Head to right within circular torque / Small head to right; yanaf-monogram to left, 'sceptre' to right. CAF 3.2ai; Huth 429. 1.26gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
