LOT 2894
Sicily, Syracuse AR Hemidrachm. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC.
Obverse die signed by Euarchidas. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga to left; above, Nike flying to right, crowning charioteer; grain ear in exergue, [EYAPXIΔA on exergue line] / Head of Arethousa to left, wearing sphendone; two dolphins around. Rizzo pl. XLIII, 6; HGC 2, 1366. Good Very Fine. Nice old cabinet tone with blue and gold iridescence around the devices.(2.05gr, 17mm, 3h).
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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5 Nabataean and 1 Phoenician AR Coins 4th century BC - 1st century AD.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Including Drachms of Nabataean Kings, a Didrachm of Obodas II and Hagaru and a 1/16 Phoenician Shekel. 21.93gr total
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Tetradrachm. 336-323 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Amphipolis mint; struck under Kassander, circa 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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 left field, Λ above torch; beneath throne, kantharos. Price 468. 17.21gr, 26mm, 4h
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Crete, Knossos AE 28mm. Circa 40-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Pseudo-autonomous issue, struck during the Roman Republic. Kydas, cretarch. Laureate head of Zeus to right; B beneath neck, thunderbolt beneath chin / Eagle standing to right with open wings; KYΔAΣ in three lines across field. RPC I 934; Svoronos, Numismatique 147-8; SNG Copenhagen 388. 15.83gr, 28mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Edge split.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 562, 15 May 2024, lot 329 (dealer's ticket included); From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
