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LOT 3068
Sicily, Syracuse AR Drachm. Timoleon and the Third Democracy. Struck circa 344-339/8 BC.
Corinthian standard. Pegasos flying to left / Laureate head of Arethusa to left; three dolphins around. SNG ANS 511; HGC 2, 1403. Very Fine. Toned. Rough surfaces.(2.21gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
BAC[IΛЄധC AΓPIΠA], canopy / Three ears of corn; [L Ϛ (date)] across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 2.40gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AE 19mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Kore Soteira to right, wreathed with corn / KY-ZI above and beneath monogram of EP, all within oak-wreath, uncertain letter below. Von Fritze III 24, pl. II 6. 5.50gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. 10.13gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
