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LOT 3495
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Local imitation.
Radiate and draped bust to right / Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. Cf. RIC V.2, 272-274. Very Fine.(2.32gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Spink, 1970s.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £35
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.77gr, 10mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Islands off Ionia, Chios AR Drachm. Struck circa 290-275 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; to left, M within circle above grape bunch. Price -, cf. 2325 (slightly differing monogram). 3.76gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Kindya AR Tetrobol. Circa 510-480 BC. Samian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Head of ketos to right / Geometric pattern within incuse square. Kagan and Kritt, 'The Coinage of Kindya,' NC 1995, 1 var. (head left); SNG Keckman 920 var. (same); SNG Kayhan 815; Asyut 688. 1.60gr, 11mm.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a UK gallery.
