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LOT 2626
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Gorgoneion facing, with protruding tongue and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; in field to right, crayfish. SNG Copenhagen 453; SNG BM Black Sea 157 var. (no 'A'); HGC 3.2, 1323 var. (same). Good Very Fine.(3.28gr, 13mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. Uncertain magistrate. Plinthophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate head of Helios to right / [...]ΔΡΟΣ(?), rose with bud to right; P-O flanking; all within incuse square. HGC 6, 1461. 1.89gr, 14mm, 11h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Ionia, Miletos AR 1/48 Stater or Tetartemorion. Circa 525-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Forepart of lion to right, head turned back to left / Bird standing to left within incuse square. Klein 430; SNG Kayhan 940-3 (Mylasa); SNG Keckman I 926-7 (Myalasa); SNG Tübingen 3001. 0.21gr, 5mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Cyprus. Salamis, Nikokreon AE Half Unit. Struck circa 323-317 BC. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Macedonian shield decorated with gorgoneion on the boss / B-A, Macedonian helmet; kerykeion to lower left. Cf. Price 3158. 3.07gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman.
