LOT 3091
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; in two sunken quarters: pellet and monogram, pellet. McClean -; HGC 3.2, 1437. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unique variant.(1.92gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Cilicia, Mallos AR Tetrobol or Third Stater. Circa 440-390 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Winged male figure advancing to right, holding solar disc in both hands / [MAP], swan standing to right; barley grain before; all in dotted incuse square within shallow incuse square. Casabonne Type 4; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -. 3.01gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Coincraft. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Kingdom of Persis. Darev (Darios) II AR Obol. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with crescent and two row of pellets / Dārēv (Darios) standing to left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left. K&M 4/6a-c; Tyler-Smith, Parcel type 1b, 31-35; Alram 566; Sunrise 592. 0.62gr, 10mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Aeolis, Aigai AR Hemiobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Forepart of goat to right, head reverted; [AIΓAION] around / Head of bull to left. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -; Traité -; SNG BnF -; SNG Levante -; Klein -; Isegrim -; Asia Minor Coins #10220-1. 0.48gr, 8mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
