LOT 3109
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Upright anchor, A under left fluke and crayfish under right / Facing gorgoneion. SNG BM Black Sea 1507; SNG Ruse, MN II, 246-250; HGC 3.2, 1323. Near Extremely Fine.(3.32gr, 14mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Austran art market.
Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3109
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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Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Darius II to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 420-375 BC. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Possibly type IV (middle) B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 5.58gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 14mm. Circa 250-207 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Athena Promachos advancing to right, brandishing spear and shield / Owl standing on grain ear to right, head facing; META upwards to left. Johnston, Bronze 68; SNG ANS 565-6; HN Italy 1704; HGC 1, 1113. 2.66gr, 14mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Troas, Hamaxitos AE 11mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΜΑ-ΞΙ, lyre. SNG von Aulock 7601; SNG Copenhagen 342. 1.44gr, 11mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
According to Aelian, the inhabitants of Hamaxitus worshipped mice, and for this reason called Apollo, their chief divinity, Smintheus (='mouse' in the Aeolian dialect).
