LOT 3099
Sicily, Himera. AR Hemidrachm. Circa 450-420 BC.
Nude rider, holding conch shell and caduceus, on goat running to left / Nike flying to left, holding filleted aphlaston and holding up skirt. SNG ANS 170; Rizzo pl. 21, 19. Near Very Fine.(1.89gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos II Kallinikos AE 17mm. 246-226 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Apollo standing to left, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ to left, two monograms to outer left, HP monogram to outer right. SC 660.8a; WSM 1659; HGC 9, 345. 3.81gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Tetrobol. 265/260-246 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / [ΠTOΛEMAIOY] BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; Y between legs. CPE B279 (Series 3); Svoronos 509; SNG Copenhagen -; Weiser -. 43.14gr, 36mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AE 19mm. Dated SE 193(?) (120/9 BC). Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed and radiate head to right / BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ] ANTIO[XOY] EΠIΦAN[OYΣ], eagle standing to left, sceptre under far wing, monogram(?) to outer left, date below. Cf. SC 2300.2; HGC 9, 1212. 5.57gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
