LOT 2597
Sicily, Syracuse AE 20mm. Roman rule, after 212 BC.
Diademed head of Serapis to right, wearing atef crown / [ΣYPAK]-O-CIΩN, Isis standing facing, head to left, holding sistrum with right hand and sceptre with left. CNS II, 240 corr. (wreath); HGC 2, 1478. Good Fine.(8.63gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s; collector's ticket included.
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Phoenicia, Arados AR Third Shekel. Uncertain king, circa 370-346 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Contemporary imitation. Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad to right / Galley to right above waves; Aramaic letter above. For prototype: cf. E&E-A Group III; cf. HGC 10, 40-1. 3.19gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 560, 17 April 2024, lot 237. -
Caria, Uncertain mint 'D' AR Tetartemorion. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Foreparts of two confronted bulls, with horns intertwined / Forepart of bull to left within incuse square. HNO Online 73. 0.18gr, 7mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Unusually well struck for the type.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. 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 / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 118. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7; Sunrise -. 5.38gr, 20mm.
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.
