LOT 2654
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 24mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(9.66gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Attica, Athens AR Tetradrachm. Circa 454-404 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £276
Head of Athena with profile eye to right, wearing disc earring, pearl necklace and a crested Attic helmet adorned with three olive leaves and a pi-style palmette / ΑΘΕ, owl standing to right, head facing the viewer, olive sprig with berry and crescent moon in upper left field, all within incuse square. Kroll 8; Dewing 1591-8; SNG Copenhagen 31; HGC 4, 1597. 16.44gr, 23mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. As Strategos of Asia or king, 306/5-301 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Kolophon mint; struck circa 310-301 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ[Υ], Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of KA in left field, Φ beneath throne. Price 1823. 4,17gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Bristol gentleman. -
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Judaea. Herodians, Herod I AE Eight Prutot. 40-4 BCE.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Mint in Samaria (Sebaste?). Dated RY 3 (38/7 BCE). Pileus on couch topped by star; two palm branches above / HPΩΔOY BAΣIΛΕΩΣ, tripod; L Γ (date) to left, monogram of TP to right. RPC I, 4901; Meshorer 44; Hendin 1169. 8.74gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
