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LOT 2628
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and uncertain design in opposite sunken quarters. HGC 3.2, 1437. Very Fine.(2.28gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II AR Tetradrachm 359-336 B.C. Amphipolis mint. Posthumous issue. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠ-ΠOΥ, nude youth, holding palm frond, on horseback to right; aplustre below, pellet-in-Π beneath raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 46, 18; Troxell, Studies, Group 9, 323-5; SNG ANS 738-46. Slab: 62 grams, 85 x 60mm
NGC graded AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5 Fine Style (#8221307-001).
Acquired on the UK art market. Ex County Durham collector. Ex private collection, UK. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 21mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 275-265 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Wreathed head of Kore to left; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ before, bucranium behind / Bull butting to left; club and M above, IE in exergue. CNS II, 191 (Ds18R1 / 1ff., combination of bucranium and M not listed); HGC 2, 1469. 6.11gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare variety.
Ex cgb.fr. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Persia. Achaemenid Empire, Time of Xerxes I to Darius II AR Siglos. Circa 485-420 BC. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (early), style B. Lydo-Milesian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B. 5.49gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Countermarks on reverse.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
