LOT 2887
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧ[...], Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΗΡ monogram in inner right field. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. Very Fine.(10.37gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Seleucid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 121-113 BC. Ake-Ptolemais mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠIΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in left; crescent above, monogram of ΔYΡ in left field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. 15.53gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone with hints of golden iridescence.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Cappadocia, Ariarathes III AE 20mm. Circa 230-220 BC. Tyana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Head of Ariarathes III to right, wearing bashlyk / ΑΡΙA[..?], horseman galloping to right, brandishing spear; before, palm tree; monogram and TYANA(?) below. Simonetta -; HGC 7, -. 4.78gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; variety not in the standard references.
Property of a UK gallery. -
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): £39
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. 5.52gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine. Countermarks on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
