LOT 2691
Skythia, Olbia Cast AE Dolphin. Circa 500-450/25 BC.
Dolphin / Dolphin. SNG Stancomb 334-337; SNG BM Black Sea 359-367. Good Very Fine. Highlights of green patina.(1.90gr, 34mm x 9mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired Munich, Germany, in the early 1990s.
From a private German collection.
Property of a Kent, UK, lady collector since 2015.
The method of casting this unique type of coin was adopted by the Gallic Celts who originally came from this region. Dolphins were generally struck in the form of a tree attached to the tail, although some examples appear to have been cast individually.
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Phoenicia, Arados AR Third Shekel. Uncertain king, circa 370-346 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Contemporary imitation. Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad to right / Galley to right above waves; Aramaic letter above. For prototype: cf. E&E-A Group III; cf. HGC 10, 40-1. 3.19gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Diobol. 246-222 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Tyre mint. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing tainia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; club to left. CPE B467; Svoronos 707; SNG Copenhagen -. 23.66gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE Coins. 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Various types. 50.73gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
