LOT 2998
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodikeia AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 24 (58/7 BC).
Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche to right / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated to left; ΔK (date) to inner left; monogram of KΘ or KA beneath throne, KA in exergue; all within wreath. Mørkholm, Autonomous 14a (obv. die 22); DCA 558; HGC 9, 1398. Very Fine.(14.79gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Kyrenaika, Kyrene AR Didrachm. Time of Magas, circa 294-275 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Horned head of Zeus Karneios to left / Silphion plant; two stars across upper fields, KY-PA across lower fields. BMC 237; SNG Copenhagen 1237. 7.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Nice old cabinet tone.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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; uncertain countermark / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 30. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.49gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii. -
Ionia, Phokaia EL 1/6 of Stater or Hekte. Circa 521-478 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to left; behind neck, seal swimming upwards / Quadripartite incuse square. BMFA 1906; Bodenstedt 32; SNG von Aulock -. 2.61gr, 9mm.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 25, 27 February 2016, lot 81 (since professionally cleaned). Ex Nomos AG, Auction 20, 10 July 2020, lot 217 (company's ticket included).
