LOT 3080
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Thraco-Macedonian standard. Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; crayfish to right, Topalov, Apollonia 41; HGC 3, 1323. Near Very Fine.(3.30gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Philistia, Gaza ('Azah) AR Drachm. Mid 5th century-333 BC.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Head of female to right, with oriental hairstyle / Forepart of horse to right; Phoenician AZ to upper left; all in pelletted square border within incuse square. Gitler & Tal VI.2D; HGC 10, 548 (male head). 3.88gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Lightly toned. Test punch on obverse and test cuts on reverse.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 26mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 100-95 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head to right, wearing bashlyk / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, quiver and unstrung bow. Malloy 12; HGC 7, 236. 20.60gr, 26mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Judaea, Caesareia Maritima AE 'Minim'. 1st-3rd centuries AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turretted head of Tyche(?) to right / Palm tree. Cf. Hamburger, “Minute Coins from Caesarea,” Atiqot I (1955), 22-23. 0.78gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
