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Mysia, Pergamon AE 22mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass. SNG BnF 1893 var. (monogram to inner left). 6.09gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Achaiion AE 18mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΧΑ-ΙΤധN, Artemis standing facing, head to left, quiver over shoulder and holding bow and arrow in right hand. A. Ellis-Evans: The Coinage and History of Achaiion in the Troad, in: REA 119 (2017), p. 31, 4. 5.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare type of an exceedingly rare city; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Troas, Assos AR Drachm. Circa 500-450 BC. Chian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Griffin springing to left / Head of lion to right within incuse square. SNG Arikantürk -; BMC 1; Boston MFA 1626. 2.78gr, 15mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aiolis, Kyme, AE 17mm. c.165-90 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Apatourios, magistrate, draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / KY, oinochoe; laurel branches flanking, A-ΠA/T-OY/P-I/O-Σ across inner fields. SNG Ashmolean 1416-8; SNG Copenhagen 106-7. 3.39gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Aiolis, Temnos, AE 13mm. 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Laureate head of Apollo right / T-A, bunch of grapes hanging from vine-branch, monogram to right. SNG Copenhagen 255. 2.33gr, 13mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Ionia, Ephesos AR Drachm. Circa 202-133 BC. ΠΥΘΕΑΣ(?) (Pytheas), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
E-Φ flanking bee / [...]ΕΑΣ, stag standing to right; in background, palm tree with two date clusters. Cf. Kinns, Attic, p. 90. 3.56gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Obol. Circa 350-325 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / M-A, trident; all within maeander circle. SNG Copenhagen 810; SNG von Aulock 2032 (helmet also wreathed). 0.76gr, 9mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Ionia, Phokaia AR Diobol. Circa 521-478 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Head of nymph to left, wearing sakkos / Quadripartite incuse square. Klein 452; SNG Copenhagen 389-394 (as uncertain mint); SNG Kayhan 522. 1.26gr, 10mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Well-centred; one of the most beautiful specimens and with attractive old cabinet toning.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Myndos, AE 16mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate head of Zeus right / MYNΔΙΩΝ / ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡOC, winged thunderbolt. SNG Keckman 245. 4.29gr, 16mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Caria, Kasolaba(?) AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Youthful male head to right; Carian letter to left, A to right; all within circular incuse / Head of ram to right. Konuk, Kasolaba 7; HN Online 943. 0.26gr, 7mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Caria, Kaunos AE Chalkous. 191/0-166 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed male head to right / Double cornucopiae bound with fillet. SNG Copenhagen 184; SNG Keckman 75. 1.78gr, 13mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Due to the poor condition of the coin, its attribution is uncertain. Another possible attribution could be from the time of Ptolemy VIII to Cleopatra VII, in the mid-2nd to the 1st century BC. (Svoronos 1160). -
Lydia, Sardeis AE 17mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC. ΗΡΑΙΟΣ (Heraios), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate bust of young Herakles to right, lion's skin tied around neck / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΗΡΑΙΟΣ, nude Apollo standing to left, holding bird and laurel branch; monogram of NωTE before; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 86; SNG Copenhagen 493; BMC Lydia pg. 240, 36; Waddington 5202. 6.50gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.