LOT 3098
Thrace, Mesambria AR Diobol. 4th century BC.
Crested helmet facing / M-E-T-A within spokes of wheel; rays around. Karayotov I 37-94; HGC 3, 1560. Very Fine.(1.15gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos AR Drachm. 261-246 BC. Possibly Tralleis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Diademed head of Antiochos II to right / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ [A]NT-IOXOY, Apollo Delphios, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, wearing laurel wreath and seated on omphalos to left, testing arrow with his right hand and resting his left on a bow leaning against the omphalos behind him; [monogram of ΟΨ to outer left] and monogram of ΤΑ to outer right. SC 535.1; HGC 9, 247a. 4.11gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned. Rare.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Cilicia, Tarsos AE 23mm. Circa 164-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turretted head of Tyche to right; c/m: bow in bow case within incuse rectangle / TAPΣEΩN, Zeus seated to left and holding sceptre; two(?) monograms to right. Cf. SNG BnF 1289; cf. SNG Levante 918-923. 9.37gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Diobol. Circa 390-330 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bee / Two stag's heads facing one another; ΕΦ above. SNG Kayhan 194-207; SNG Copenhagen 243. 0.95gr, 10mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
