LOT 2659
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 28mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNτI ΚΑΛΧΑΔο, 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 (ΚΑΛΧΑΔΩ); HGC 3.2, 1428. Near Extremely Fine.(10,95gr, 28mm,12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator AE Hemidrachm. 222-205/4 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Alexandria mint. Series 5. Horned head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing taenia / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; to left, filleted cornucopia; ΣE monogram between legs. CPE B505; Svoronos 993; SNG Copenhagen 212. 33.04gr, 35mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Uncertain Mint EL 1/48 Stater. Circa 600-550 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Crab(?) / Incuse square with irregular lines within. Weidauer -; Elektron -; cf. Rosen 81 and 346-7 (1/6 and 1/96); cf. Traité I 114 = BMC 26 (1/96); SNG Kayhan -; SNG von Aulock -; Weber -. For another similar specimen cf. TimeLine Auctions 160, 2935. 0.37gr, 5mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired in London in 2011. Private collection, Switzerland. -
Sasanian Kingdom, Husrav (Khosrau) II AR Drachm. AD 591-628.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
NY (Nehavand?) mint. Dated RY 30 (AD 620/1). Draped bust to right, wearing mural crown with two wings, frontal crescent and star-in-crescent; stars and legends flanking, ribbon on shoulders; all within double border with star-in-crescents in margin / Fire altar with ribbons flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; all within triple border, with star-in-crescents in margin. Göbl type II/3. 4.04gr, 31mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
