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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Group of Four [4] AR Drachms of Sasanian Kingdom. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various mints and dates. 16.00gr total.
Very fine.
Ex property of a South West London gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Hemidrachm. Circa 170-150 BC. ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝ (Artemon, magistrate). Plinthophoric standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to right / ΑΡΤΕΜΩΝ, rose with bud to right; P-O flanking, club to left; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian 44; HN Online 103; HGC 6, 1462. 1.38gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Iridescent toning.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Tetradrachm. 281-261 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed head to right / ΒAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind; to left, monogram of AP; to right, monogram of XA inside circle. SC 379.3c; HGC 9, 128g. 16.57gr, 28mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Toned. Well centred.
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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
