LOT 3070
Sicily, Syracuse AE 26mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 240-215 BC.
Diademed head to left / Cavalryman on horseback to right, holding couched lance; ΣΩ below, IEPΩNOΣ in exergue. CNS 195, R1 31; HGC 2, 1548. Very Fine.(17.63gr, 26mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Ionia, Ephesos AR Hemiobol. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Bee with spread wings seen from above / Incuse square of mill-sail form, divided into raised and sunken triangles. Karwiese Series III; Rosen 572. 0.39gr, 7mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Thrace, Mesambria AR Tetradrachm. Circa 150-125 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in inner left field, helmet above ΔA; ΠPO monogram beneath throne. Price 1062; Topalov, Messambria 18; HGC 3, 1568. 16.86gr, 30mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned. Obverse slightly double struck.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Thrace, Ainos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 405-357 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Head of Hermes facing three-quarters to left, wearing petasos / Goat standing to right; AINION above, Corinthian helmet before. May 413 (A.249/P.292); HGC 3.2, 1278. 14.68gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Delamination on obverse.
From the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 469. Property of a London antiquarian.
