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Sicily, Syracuse AE 26mm. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-339/8 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; ZEΥ[Σ ΕΛΕΘΥΕPΙΟΣ] around / Upright thunderbolt, to right, eagle standing to right; ΣY[PAKOΣIΩN] around. CNS II, 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. 15.91gr, 26mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 92, 16 December 2021, lot 146. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-332 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘ-ΟΣ, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to left; behind, in the field to right, star of eight rays / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. triskeles to left. Calciati 82; HGC 2, 1457; SNG ANS 544; SNG Morcom 720. 6.46gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly tooled.
Ex John Moore, York, UK, in the late 1990s. Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 19mm. Roman rule, after 212 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate head of Zeus to right / Victory driving biga to right; [ΣYP]AKOΣI[Ω]N around. CNS 229; cf. SNG ANS 1072-5. 6.43gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Thrace, Aigospotamoi AE 12mm. Circa 300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Wreathed head of Demeter (?) to left, wearing decorated polos and triple-pendant earring / AIΓOΣ ΠO, goat standing to left. CN Type 3746 & 266; SNG Copenhagen 854; HGC 3.2, 1262. 1.22gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare denomination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 432-431 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / AIN, goat standing to right; herm before. May, Ainos Group XX, 112; HGC 3, 1274. 0.99gr, 11mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Rare symbol.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Thrace, Ainos AE Chalkous. Circa 405-341 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Hermes to left, wearing petasos / Human hand holding kerykeion, grain of barley to left, crescent to right. CN Online 28819; May -; HGC 3 -. 1.36gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Circa 470-435 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Upright anchor, A under left fluke and crayfish under right / Facing gorgoneion. SNG BM Black Sea 1507; SNG Ruse, MN II, 246-250; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.32gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Austran art market. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Upright anchor; crayfish to left, A to right / Facing head of Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes as hair. Topalov, Apollonia p. 337, 7; HGC 3.2, 1323. 3.04gr, 13mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Austran art market. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Cardia AE 15mm. Circa 350-309 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head of Persephone to right, wearing tainia and pendant earring / ΚΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ, forepart of lion pouncing to left with head slightly facing, crushing spear with its jaws; at bottom right, barley ear. Tsvetkova 60-63; HGC 3.2 1479. 4.04gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Cardia AE 12mm. 357-309 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lion standing to left / ΚΑΡ-ΔΙΑ, barleycorn within square frame. HGC 3, II, 1482. 1.62gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Chersonesos AE 10mm. 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Head of Demeter, three-quarters facing to right, wearing earring and necklace / XEΡ-ΡO, barley corn, [branch in field?}. Cf. Traité 1581; cf: BMC III, 56; cf. McClean 56. 1.26gr, 10mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Sestos AE 24mm. Circa 300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Female head to left, hair bound with sphendone / ΣA, Demeter seated to left, holding grain ear in right hand and resting left on seat; to left, herm. Von Fritze 1; HGC 3.2, 1640. 8.19gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.