LOT 3088
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 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; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(10.13gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Cilicia, Mallos AR Tetrobol or Third Stater. Circa 440-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Winged male figure advancing to right, holding solar disc in both hands / [MAP], swan standing to right; barley grain before; all in dotted incuse square within shallow incuse square. Casabonne Type 4; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -. 3.01gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Coincraft. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Artaxerxes I to Artaxerxes II AR Siglos. Circa 450-375 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lydo-Milesian standard. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb. 5.51gr, 15mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermark on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Alexander II Zabinas AE 21mm. Struck circa 125-122 BC. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate and diademed head to right / BAΣIΛE[ΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ], double cornucopiae; A-Π flanking, [symbol] to lower left. SC 2237.1. 10.62gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
