LOT 3084
Uncertain mint in Seleucis and Pieria AE 21mm. Mid 1st century BC.
Dated year 1 of the Pompeian Era (64/3 BC). Draped bust of Herakles to left, club over shoulder / L A (date) PΩMHΣ in two lines above ram of prow to right; all within wreath. Spijkerman 1 (Gadara); Rosenberger 1 (Gadara); HGC 10, 381. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(9.69gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Euboia, Histiaia AR Tetrobol. 3rd-2nd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wreathed head of the nymph Histiaia to right / ΙΣΤΙ-ΑΙΕΩΝ, Nymph seated to right on stern of galley; wing on side of ship, trident head and OP below. BCD Euboia -; HGC 4, 1524. 2.24gr, 15mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kingdom of Persia. Ardaxsir (Artaxerxes) II AR Hemidrachm. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Istakhr (Persepolis) mint. Diademed and draped large bust to left, wearing mural crown; monogram before / Ardaxšir standing to left before altar, holding sceptre. Alram 574; Sunrise 599. 1.65gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 20mm. Circa 310-304/3 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Beardless head of satyr to left; c/m: twelve-rayed star within circular incuse / Head of lion to left, sturgeon to left in exergue, Π-A-N around; c/m: bow in bow case (cut into die?). MacDonald 70; Anokhin 130; SNG Stancomb 554-5; SNG BM Black Sea 885-9; HGC 7, 114. 6.79gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection.
MacDonald argues that after the application of these countermarks, coins without them were no longer considered legal tender. There are some examples of the countermarks being engraved directly into the dies, as they became a necessary feature of the design for the coins to circulate legally.
