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Kimmerian Bosporos, Pantikapaion AE 21mm. Circa 325-310 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Head of bearded Satyr to right / Π-Α-Ν around forepart of griffin to left; sturgeon to left below. MacDonald 69; SNG BM Black Sea 869-71; SNG Stancomb 542; HGC 7, 113. 8.85gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 414. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis IV, with Philip I BI Stater. Dated 544 BE (AD 247/8).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOVΠOPIΔ, diademed head of Rheskouporis to right / Laureate head of Philip I to right; club before, ΔMΦ (date) below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3312; MacDonald 606. 7.07gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Some delamination to reverse.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of the Bosporos, Rheskouporis V, with Philip I, BI Stater. Dated 545 BE (AD 248/9).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BACIΛЄധC PHCKOΠOPIΔ, diademed bust to right / Laureate head of emperor to right; club before, ЄMΦ (date) beneath truncation. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 3347; MacDonald 607/1 (Rheskouporis IV). 6.98gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Areas of delamination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 20mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 85-65 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Aegis / [AMI]-ΣOY, Nike advancing to right, holding palm over her left shoulder; to right, monogram. HGC 7, 242. 7.40gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 21mm. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 85-65 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit / AMIΣOY, panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica; to left, monogram. SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb -; HGC 7, 243. 7.66gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare with this monogram.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Komana AE 21mm. Circa 85-65 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Aegis / KOMA-NΩΝ, Nike advancing to right, holding palm over her left shoulder; in fields, monograms. HGC 7, 281. 6.84gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Pharnakeia AE 17mm. Struck under Pharnakes I, circa 185-125 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΑΡΝΑ-ΚΕΩΝ, zebu butting to right, head facing. SNG BM Black Sea 1274; RG I, 3; HGC 7, 295. 5.24gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Paphlagonia, Sesamos AE 16mm. Circa 360-330 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to left / [ΣΗ]-ΣΑ, wreathed head of Demeter to left. RG 2; HGC 7, 379. 3.54gr, 16mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Asia Minor, Uncertain mint (or Paphlagonia, Enetoi) AE 18mm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion-skin headdress / Monogram of EN containing kerykeion; bow to left, arrow head upwards to right, aphlaston below. Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen II, p. 529, 7 (uncertain mint) var. (arrangement of reverse symbols); J-N. Svoronos, JIAN 8-9 (1905), p. 166, 17, pl. V, 19 (Ennaia or Anaia, Karia). 4.21gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. An extremely rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Herakleia Pontica AE 11mm. 3rd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Wreathed head of Dionysos(?) to right / H-P-A between three clubs. Cf. RG 63-64. 0.96gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other on the market since the last twenty years.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Drachm. Circa 367/6-340 BC. Rhodian standard.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
KAΛX, bull standing to left on grain ear; to left, kerykeion next to monogram of ΔA / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quarters. RG 15; SNG BM Black Sea 104; HGC 7, 511. 3.75gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Trihemiobol or Obol. Early 4th century BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
KA above bull standing to left on ear of corn / Incuse square of mill-sail pattern. BMC 12; Traité II-2, 2881. 0.93gr, 11mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
