LOT 2887
Sicily, Akragas AE 21mm. Phintias, tyrant, 282-279 BC.
Head of Artemis to left, quiver over shoulder / Boar standing to left; [BAΣI]ΛEOΣ above, ΦINTIA below. CNS 118; SNG ANS 1119-21; HGC 2, 171. Near Very Fine.(7.26gr, 21mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 295, 4 May 2024, lot 82.
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Gaul, Massalia AR Obol. Circa 336-310 BC.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £190
Bare head of Apollo to left / M-A within wheel of four spokes. Maurel 360. 0.71gr, 10mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine. Small die break on reverse. Sharply detailed; toned with traces of blue-green iridescence on obverse.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 18mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Petra mint; dated RY 4 (6/5 BC). Laureate head to right; Aramaic ḥēth and [semkath] flanking neck / Huldu standing to left, raising her right hand; date to right, Aramaic ḥēth and semkath across fields. CN 108; Meshorer, Nabataea 56. 5.78gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 529, 14 December 2022, lot 343. Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) ΑΕ Hemiobol(?). 117/6-108/7 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Kyrene mint; struck 116-107 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ, double cornucopiae bound with fillet; Σ over Θ to left, Ω over Ε to right. Svoronos 1718 (Ptolemy X, Alexandria); Weiser 169-70 (Ptolemy IX & X, Alexandria); SNG Copenhagen 678-80 (uncertain mint in Cyprus). 3.90gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
