LOT 2688
Sikyonia. Sikyon AR Obol. Circa 340-320 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΙ, dove flying to right. BCD Peloponnesos 257-61. HGC 5, 226. Good Very Fine. Well centred.(0.84gr, 12mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Nomos AG, obolos 25, 23 October 2022, lot 188.
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LOT 2688
Sikyonia. Sikyon AR Obol.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Seleukid Empire, Demetrios II Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Second reign, 129-125 BC.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £68
Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 129-128 BC. Diademed and bearded head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΝΙΚΑ-ΤΟΡΟΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and long sceptre with his left; Ξ to outer left, Δ beneath throne. SC 2166.2a; HGC 9, 1117b corr. (photo marked 1117a). 14.00gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned, areas of roughness and delaminations.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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; countermarks: 188 and uncertain. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.52gr, 17mm.
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. -
Caria, Iasos AE 20mm. Circa 200-150 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Jugate heads of Apollo, laureate, and Artemis to right / Hermias swimming with dolphin to right; IAΣΕΩΝ. Cf. HN Online 277 (temporary). 8,48gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
