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Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-143 BC. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΣ (Olympios), magistrate. Stephanophoric type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Head of the Amazon Kyme to right, wearing taenia / ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ, horse prancing to right; one-handled cup below, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC in exergue; all within laurel wreath. E-E&E-Ö, Phase II, 9, no. 18 (same obverse die); Oakley obv. die 51; BMC 80; SNG Copenhagen -. 16.61gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Die break on obverse.
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. -
Aeolis, Kyme AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of eagle to left, [ethnic] in fields / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Klein 333; cf. SNG Arikantürk 1, 170; cf. SNG Copenhagen 32. 0.38gr, 8mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetartemorion. Circa 480-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of horse to left / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Rosen -; Klein 332 var. (hemiobol; head of horse to right). 0.18gr, 6mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Hemiobol. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Bee with spread wings seen from above / Incuse square of mill-sail form, divided into raised and sunken triangles. Karwiese Series III; Rosen 572. 0.39gr, 7mm.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 550-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Bee, with spread wings, seen from above / Incuse square punch. Karwiese Series III. 0.21gr, 6mm.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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. -
Ionia, Ephesos AE 14mm. Circa 50-27 BC. IAΣΩΝ (Jason), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bee within laurel wreath / Stag standing to right before torch, fillet in mouth; IAΣΩN in exergue. BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 350-1. 2.40gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Ionia, Erythrai AR Hemiobol. Circa 480-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rosette with central pellet-in-annulet / Eight-rayed star within incuse square. Klein 387; Kraay, Colophon 96 & 102; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Kayhan -. 0.37gr, 6mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Kolophon AR Tetartemorion. Circa 530/25-500 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Persic standard. Archaic head of Apollo to right / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Kayhan 352. 0.18gr, 5mm.
Extremely Fine. Amazing details preserved for such a tiny fraction.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Hemidrachm. Circa 350-325 BC. ΑΝΑΞΙΜΒΡΟΤΟΣ (Anaximbrotos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Helmetted warrior, in military attire and holding lance in his right hand, on horseback to right / ΜΑΓ, bull butting to left on meander pattern; [to right, corn ear?], [Α]ΝΑΞΙΜΒΡ[...] below. Cf. Klein 409; cf. SNG Kayhan I 415. 1.53gr, 12mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 22mm. Mid 2nd-1st century BC. ΠΥΡΡΑΛΙΩΝ, ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟΣ (Pyrralion, Pamphilos), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder; all within laurel wreath / ΜΑΓΝHΤ[ΩΝ] ΠΥΡΡΑΛΙ[ΩΝ] ΠΑΜΦΙΛ[ΟΣ or OY], cult statue of Artemis Leukophyrene facing. BMC 42; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Lindgren I A499A. 8.85gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Dark green patina.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 20mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC. ΕΥΚΛΗΣ, ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ (Eukles, Kratinos), magistrates.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Draped bust of Artemis to right, wearing stephane and with bow and quiver over shoulder / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ EYKΛHΣ KPATINOΣ, humped bull butting to right; A between hind legs. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 851 (no A); SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; cf. SNG Tübingen 2956 (same). 7.62gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Olive-green patina.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.