LOT 2885
Thrace, Byzantion AR Tetradrachm. Circa 90-80 BC. In the name and types of Lysimachos.
Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛΥΣIMAXOΥ, Athena seated to left on throne, leaning her left elbow on her shield and holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her outstretched right hand, behind, transverse spear with point below left; monogram of ΠΜΤΩ to inner left, BY beneath throne, ornate trident in exergue. Callataÿ Group 3, p. 124; Müller 207; HGC 3, 1406. Good Very Fine. Toned.(16.08gr, 33mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Moesia, Istros AR Drachm. Circa 280-255 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Two young male heads facing, right head inverted / Sea-eagle to left, clutching dolphin in its talons; IΣTPI[H] above, ΦΥ below. SNG Stancomb 148; Dima Subgroup VI, pl. 19, 1-7; AMNG I.1, 425; HGC 3.2, 1803. 5.05gr, 17mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 22mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN, eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ [ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ] below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 670. 8.68gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Radiate and draped bust to right / Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. Cf. RIC V.2, 272-274. 2.32gr, 17mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex Spink, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
