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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LOT 3110
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£40 (EUR 46; USD 54) +BP*
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Indo-Skythians, Maues AR Tetradrachm. Circa 95-57 BC. Taxila mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY MAYOY, Zeus standing to left, holding long sceptre / 'Rajadirajasa mahatasa Moasa' in Kharosthi, Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm over shoulder; monogram to right. Mitchiner 699a; HGC 12, 524. 9.49gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Bend with hairline crack.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor & Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE Diobol(?). 170-163 BC. Alexandria mint. Coregency issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae in left field. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI). 20.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Cyclades, Delos AE Chalkous. Circa 280-166 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Δ-H, lyre. SNG Copenhagen 670; BMC 7; HGC 6, 500. 0.75gr, 10mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
