LOT 3110
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right / Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. Good Very Fine.(3.04gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Austran art market.
Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 28-18 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Laureate head of Apollo to right; Λ-[Y] across fields / Kithara; M-A across fields, tripod in lower right field; all within shallow incuse square. RPC I 3310; Troxell, Lycian League, Period IV, Series 6, 110; Müseler XI, 39-40. 1.71gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 100, 28 July 2022, lot 456. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Gambrion AE 17mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΓΑΜ, twelve-rayed tar. Plankenhorn 2; SNG BnF 908–21. 4.57gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B. 5.45gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
