LOT 2891
Sicily, Katane AE Chalkous. Late 3rd century BC.
Jugate busts of Serapis, laureate and wearing Atef crown and Isis, wearing signature headdress to right; [X (mark of value) before, grain ear behind] / Apollo standing facing, leaning on column, holding laurel branch and bow; quiver and omphalos to left; KATA-[NAIΩN] to either side. CNS III, 22; HGC 2, 609. Good Very Fine.(5.27gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Münzen Gut-Lynt GmbH, Auction 8, 27 November 2022, lot 12 (company's ticket included).
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Group of Eight [8] AR Sigloi of Achaemenid Empire. 5th-4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Various types. 44.51gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Persis. Vahsir (Oxathres)(?) AR Obol. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed and draped bust to left / Vahšīr standing to right before altar(?), holding sceptre. Cf. Alram 584. 0.56gr, 9mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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.
