LOT 3075
Thrace, Ainos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 405-357 BC.
Head of Hermes facing three-quarters to left, wearing petasos / Goat standing to right; AINION above, Corinthian helmet before. May 413 (A.249/P.292); HGC 3.2, 1278. Near Very Fine. Delamination on obverse.(14.68gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Thrax Collection, formed in London between 1991 and 2018.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 469.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Thrace, Mesambria AR Tetradrachm. Circa 150-125 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [ΑΛ]ΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, 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 inner left field, helmet above ΔA; ΠPO monogram beneath throne. Price 1062; Topalov, Messambria 18; HGC 3, 1568. 16.86gr, 30mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned. Obverse slightly double struck.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
![Group of Eight [8] India AR Fractions.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/237505-s.jpg)
Group of Eight [8] India AR Fractions. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various types. 3.22gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 23mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 295-289 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right; quiver over shoulder, ΣΩTEIPA downwards before / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ below. CNS II, 142; BAR Issue 33; SNG ANS 708; HGC 2, 1537. 10.63gr, 23mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
