LOT 2899
Thrace, Maroneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC.
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Dionysos standing to left, nude but for chlamys draped over his arm, holding grape bunch and two narthex stalks; MAPΩNITΩN to right. HGC 3.2, 1541. Near Very Fine.(4.63gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Bahram II, with Queen and Prince 4 AR Drachm. AD 276-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Jugate busts of Bahram II, wearing winged crown with korymbos, and his queen, wearing kolah with boar's head, to right, vis-a-vis cuirassed bust of Prince 4, wearing kolah with eagle's head and presenting a wreath to the royal couple, to left / Fire altar with ribbon; flanked by Bahram on the left and his queen on the right, holding ring; to left of flames, fravahr symbol. Cf. SNS type VII/5; cf. Göbl type X/3. 3.02gr, 27mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 280-271 BC. Aï Khanoum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Diademed head to right / Horned and bridled horse's head to right; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ behind, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ below; monogram in circle before. SC 431.2; ESM 679. 3.57gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodikeia AR Tetradrachm. Dated CY 24 (58/7 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche to right / ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ, Zeus Nikephoros seated to left; ΔK (date) to inner left; monogram of KΘ or KA beneath throne, KA in exergue; all within wreath. Mørkholm, Autonomous 14a (obv. die 22); DCA 558; HGC 9, 1398. 14.79gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
