LOT 2657
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 28mm. 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; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. Extremely Fine.(11,69gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Asia Minor, Uncertain mint AR Diobol. 6th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Stylised lion's head facing, wearing a five-spiked radiate crown / Rough incuse square. Rosen 395; E.S.G. Robinson, Coins from Al-Mina, NC 1937, p. 186; SNG Copenhagen (Cyprus) 385; Weber 4591; Klein 232. 1.38gr, 9mm.
Very Fine. A mysterious coin with an enigmatic design.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanon AE 20mm. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Under Ptolemy, son of Mennaios (84-40 BC). Draped bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; uncertain countermark to left / The Dioskouroi standing facing one another, each holding spear; around, four monograms. Herman 9; HGC 9, 1445. 3.88gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AR Tetradrachm. 145-116 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Alexandria mint. Dated RY 50 (121/0 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, aegis around neck / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; L N (date) to left, ΠA to right. Svoronos 1524; SNG Copenhagen -; DCA 54. 12.69gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
