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Asia Minor or Lydia, Uncertain Mint or King AR Hemiobol. Circa 5th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head of roaring lion to right / 'buquru'(sic) in Lydian(?) around symbol; all within circular incuse. SNG Kayhan 746 var. (uncertain mint of Ionia or Karia; no inscription); Rosen 406 var. (same). 0.31gr, 7mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 18mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy / ΣAPΔIANΩN, forepart of lion to right, monogram of ΠΑΤΟ behind. GPRC Lydia 184; SNG von Aulock 8255. 3.40gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. Circa 133 BC - AD 1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Club; ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ across fields, monogram below; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 70; SNG Munich 483. 4.57gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good very fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 15mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Club within oak wreath, ΣAPΔI-ANΩN to either side. GRPC Lydia 80; SNG Münich 486. 2.88gr, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Rare variant of this type with no monogram on reverse.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 541 (company's ticket included). -
Lydia, Thyessos AE 16mm. Circa 4th Century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584 (same). 4.06gr, 16mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
For the reattribution of this coinage from Thymbra in Troas to Thyessos in Lydia, see D. S. Lenger, "Thyessos in Lydia, not Thymbra in the Troad" in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017). -
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 19mm. 1st century BC. ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΣ (Timotheos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right / [AKMONE] T[I]MOΘ[...], Artemis advancing to right, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver; behind, stag standing to right. Cf. SNG von Aulock 3367; cf. BMC 13. 5.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Akmoneia AE 16mm. 1st century BC. ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΣ ΜΕΝΕΛΑΟΥ (Timotheos, son of Menelaos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Zeus to right, wearing oak wreath / [AK]MO[...] TIMOΘ[...] MENE[...], Asklepios standing facing, leaning upon serpent-entwined staff. SNG Copenhagen 12. 3.61gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Eumeneia AE 19mm. After 133 BC. ΔΙΟΦΑΝ- (Diophan-), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Helmetted head of Athena to right / EYM[E]-NEΩN ΔIOΦA, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch. BMC 7-8. 6.26gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Apameia AE 24mm. Circa 88-40 BC. ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Antiphon, son of Menekles), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / AΠAMEΩN, eagle, with star above, alighting on base of maeander pattern flanked by Caps of the Dioscuri; ΑΝΤΙΦΩΝ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΥΣ in two lines below. SNG Copenhagen 164; HGC 7, 67. 9.00gr, 24mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum AE 17mm. Time of Tiberius, circa AD 14-37. ΠΥΘΗΣ ΠΥΘΟΥ, (Pythes, son of Pythes), magistrate. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Apollo to right; [kithara] to left, monogram of ΠΥΘ to right / Headdress of Isis; ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΚΕΩΝ around. RPC I 2905; AMC 1399. 4.17gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pamphylia, Aspendos AR Stater. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
[E]ΣTFEΔIIY[Σ], slinger standing to right, preparing to loose; in field to right, triskeles running anticlockwise; all within dotted square frame / Two wrestlers grappling, KI between. SNG BnF 104; Tekin Series 4. 10.70gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Light iridescent tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Pisidia, Termessos AE 18mm. Dated CY 7 (65/4 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Bridled horse galloping to left; Z (date) above, TEP below. BMC -; SNG BnF 2111-2; SNG von Aulock -. 4.74gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.