LOT 2895
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNTI ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, 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.(9.91gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) AE Hemiobol(?). 117/6-108/7 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Kyrene mint; struck 116-107 BC. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia with basileion / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ, double cornucopiae bound with fillet; Σ over Θ to left, Ω over Ε to right. Svoronos 1718 (Ptolemy X, Alexandria); Weiser 169-70 (Ptolemy IX & X, Alexandria); SNG Copenhagen 678-80 (uncertain mint in Cyprus). 4.25gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Kings of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos AE 21mm. Circa 182-149 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Nikomedia mint. Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos to right / The centaur Chiron walking to right, cloak over shoulder, playing lyre; BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΠΡΟΥΣΙΟΥ to left, monogram between forelegs. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 639; HGC 7, 629. 6.60gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Chiron was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren, as he was called as the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs" (Homer, Iliad 11.831). Throughout Greek mythology, there were many heroes who were trained by Chiron, including Achilles, Ajax, Asklepios, Herakles, Jason, Perseus, and Theseus. -
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Group of Five [5] Thrace, Byzantion AE Coins. Circa 300-200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various varieties. 44.85gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
