LOT 2920
Sikyonia, Sikyon AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 330-280 BC.
Chimaera standing to left, raising forepaw; ΣI below / Dove flying to left. BCD Peloponnesos 283. Near Very Fine.(2.34gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Phrygia, Apameia AE 19mm. Circa 200-48 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Serapis to right, wearing headdress of Isis / AΠAMEΩN, piloi of Dioscuroi surmounted by star flanking; all within laurel wreath. SNG Copenhagen 160 ('Zeus'); SNG von Aulock 3465 (same). 6.58gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Mysia, Pergamon AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm. 166-67 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Struck circa 123-95 BC. Group 2. Basket (cista mystica), with half-open lid, from which snake coils, around, ivy wreath with fruits / Two snakes coiled around a bow case ornamented with aplustre, and containing a strung bow, between the snake heads, MIH monogram, civic monogram of ΠΕΡ to left, serpent-entwined staff to right. Kleiner, Hoard 184 = ANS 1944.100.37470; Pinder 103. 12.59gr, 26mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Very rare variant.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Parthia. Vologases VI AR Drachm. Circa AD 208-228.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap; wl in Aramaic behind / Archer (Arsakes I) seated to right on throne, holding bow, monogram below. Sellwood 88.19; Sunrise 459. 3.70gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
