LOT 3086
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN[...] ΚΑΛΧΑ[...], Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 1276-82; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(11.16gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Ionia, Ephesos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Bee, with spread wings, seen from above / Incuse square punch. Karwiese Series III. 0.21gr, 6mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Diademed bust to left, wearing tiara with ear flap and decorated with crescent; monogram(?) behind / King standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar. Cf. Alram 564. 1.73gr, 14mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos IV Epiphanes AE 33mm. 169-168 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint. 'Egyptianizing' series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis to right, wearing tainia with Osiris cap at tip / Eagle with closed wings standing to right on thunderbolt; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY to right, ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ to left. SC 1413; Houghton 118; Newell, SMA 59; HGC 9, 643. 34.20gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
