LOT 2899
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 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; HP monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. Very Fine.(9.14gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom, Eukratides I Megas AR Obol. Circa 170-145 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust to right / Caps of the Dioskouroi, each with palm frond; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ to left, monogram below. Bopearachchi 3C; HGC 12, 138. 0.68gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Gela AE Onkia. Circa 420-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Bull butting to right; grain ear and ΓΕΛΑΣ above, pellet (mark of value) in exergue / Head of river-god Gelas to right, grain ear behind. Jenkins 506-8; HGC 2, 383. 1.27gr, 11mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 70, 7 May 2020, lot 367 (company's ticket included). Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 77, 1 December 2019, lot 820 (company's ticket included). -
Lesbos, Mytilene AE 19mm. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Zeus to right, with horn of Ammon / Facing herm of Dionysos on prow to right; M-Y T-I in two lines across fields, grape bunch to left, aplustre to right. BMC 132-3; HGC 6, 1048. 5.91gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
