LOT 2890
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. Near Very Fine.(9.90gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AE 19mm. After circa 300 BC. Seleukeia on the Tigris mint; 1st workshop.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Elephant standing to right; [monogram above], P below. SC 128b; HGC 9, 83. 7.63gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Phoenicia. Byblos AR 1/16 Shekel. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Galley to left, containing two hoplites with helmets and round shields; hippocamp to left below / Lion attacking bull to left. Cf. HGC 10, 139. 0.80gr, 10mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AE 19mm. Uncertain mint in Macedon, 359-336 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Diademed male head to left / Youth on horseback to right; ΦIΛIΠΠOY above, uncertain symbol below. 5.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
