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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip V AE 20mm. Circa 200-179 BC. Pella or Amphipolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Harpa with blade to right, [Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ above, ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ below; all within oak wreath with ties to left. SNG Alpha Bank 1116-1119; HGC 3.1, 1063. 8.72gr, 20mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 90, 18 November 2021, lot 359 (company's ticket included). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III AR Drachm. Struck under Menander, circa 324/3 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, legs spread, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; monogram of EY in left field, rose beneath throne. Price 2553; ADM I Series IX. 4.26gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Time of Philip V and Perseus AE Unit. 187-168 BC. Uncertain mint in Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Zeus to right / MA-KE-ΔO-NΩN, thunderbolt; monogram below. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 1307. 10.15gr, 22mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AR Triobol. Circa 480-470 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lion's head facing / Irregular incuse square punch. Frolova Type I; SNG BM Black Sea 836; HGC 7, 31. 2.40gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Bosporos, Rheskouporis V, with Philip I, BI Stater. Dated 543 BE (AD 246/7).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΒΑCΙΛЄѠC ΡΗCΚΟΠΟΡΙΔΟC, diademed bust to right / Laureate bust of emperor to right; club in right field, ΓMΦ (date) beneath truncation. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3221; MacDonald 605/1 (Rheskouporis IV). 7.40gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Kings of Bosporos, Thothorses BI Stater. Dated BE 588 (AD 291/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
BACIΛЄധC ⵙOⵙ[ധPCOV], diademed bust to right / Laurate bust to right, tamgha of Thothorses in right field, ΗΠΦ (date) below. RPC X Unassigned ID 85422; MacDonald 640/2 (ΦΠH). 7.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Kings of Bosporos, Rhadamsades and Licinius I BI Stater. Dated BE 615 (AD 318/19).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
RACIΛEΩC ΡΑΔΑΜC, diademed and draped bust to right / Laureate and draped bust of emperor to right, EIX (date) below, club before. SNG Stancomb 1032; MacDonald 666/1; Frolova II, pl.47, 30. 7.50gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 26mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 100-95 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head to right, wearing bashlyk / ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, quiver and unstrung bow. Malloy 12; HGC 7, 236. 20.60gr, 26mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 21mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, 120-63 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath / AMIΣOY, thyrsos leaning against cista mystica, draped with panther skin. SNG BM Black Sea 1200; HGC 7, 243. 8.36gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 20mm. Struck under Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 100-95 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos to right / ΑΜΙΣΟΥ, panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica; monogram of HTPK to left. Malloy 26c; HGC 7, 243. 7.96gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Pontos, Komana ΑΕ 21mm. Dated CY 23 (AD 56/7). Time of Nero. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Radiate head of Helios(?) to right / Γ-Κ (date) ΚΟ-ΜΑ-ΝΩ-Ν in three lines, vertical club. RPC I 2161a.9 (this coin); RG 7; Amandry-Rémy, Comana 11-12. 6.99gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). -
Kings of Paphlagonia, Pylaemenes II or III AE 22mm. Circa 133-103 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bust of Pylaemenes as Herakles to right; club over shoulder, lion skin around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. SNG BM Black Sea 1552; SNG Copenhagen 321; SNG von Aulock 149. 4.66gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 493. Property of a London antiquarian.