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LOT 3081
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; SNG Ruse 106-117. Good Very Fine.(3.30gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DA (Dārābgird) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIIb/1e. 4.09gr, 27mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Akarnania, Argos Amphilochikon AR Stater. Circa 340-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Pegasos flying to left; A below / ΑΡΓΕΙ above head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; behind neck guard, crested Corinthian helmet to left. BCD Akarnania 132-3; Calciati 11. 8.53gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 3 December 2022, lot 1099. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AE Serrate. 143-142 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Radiate head wearing ivy wreath to right / Elephant advancing to left, holding torch in trunk; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines above, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ in two lines below, ΣTA (?) to right. HGC 9, 1043. 7.36gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
