LOT 2894
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΗΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(10.82gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤΙ-ΑΙΕΩΝ, Nymph seated to right on stern of galley; wing on side of ship, trident head and OP below. BCD Euboia -; HGC 4, 1524. 2.24gr, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 15mm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 415-405 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Arethousa to left, with her hair bound by ampyx in the front and sphendone in the back; olive branch behind / ΣYPA, dolphin swimming to right above scallop shell. CNS II, 24; HGC 2, 1480. 3.49gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Nabataea, Aretas IV AE 11mm. Circa 9/8 BC-AD 40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Petra mint; struck circa 8/7 BC-AD 15/6. Aramaic letter hēth within laurel wreath / Eagle to left with wings closed; Aramaic letter ḥēth behind. CN 156; Schmitt-Korte II, 64. 1.14gr, 11mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
