LOT 3069
Sicily, Syracuse AE 23mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 295-289 BC.
Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right; quiver over shoulder, ΣΩTEIPA downwards before / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ below. CNS II, 142; BAR Issue 33; SNG ANS 708; HGC 2, 1537. Very Fine.(10.63gr, 23mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Seleukid Empire, Tryphon AE 18mm. Circa 142-138 BC. Uncertain mint 100.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed head to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ TPYΦΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, spiked Macedonian helmet with cheek guards, adorned with wild goat's horn above visor; AΣ to inner left. SC 2040a; HGC 9, 1061. 5.85gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
![Group of Two [2] Greek AR Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/234138s.jpg)
Group of Two [2] Greek AR Coins. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Various types. 9.33gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Judaea, Caesareia Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turretted head of Tyche(?) to right / Palm tree. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” Atiqot I (1955), 22-23. 0.78gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
