Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Mysia, Kyzikos AE 14mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Kore to right / K-Y Z-I, tripod, monogram to left. Von Fritze, Gruppe III, 22. 1.96gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Janiform female heads / Helmeted head of Athena left; Ƨ on helmet, olive sprig with berry behind; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos -; SNG BnF -; SNG Arikantürk -; cf. Kroll Empire 3.18a (Drachm). 0.85gr, 11mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AE 10mm. 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Helmeted head of Athena to right; Λ-A below. Klein 274. 0.97gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Miletopolis AE 19mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / MIΛΗΤΟΠOΛITΩN, double-bodied owl standing facing. SNG Arikantürk 668-71; SNG BnF 1302; SNG Copenhagen 249; SNG von Aulock 1311. 5.10gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Miletopolis AE 20mm. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / MIΛΗΤΟΠOΛITΩN, double-bodied owl standing facing. SNG Arikantürk 668-71; SNG BnF 1302; SNG Copenhagen 249; SNG von Aulock 1311. 4.82gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Parion AE 11mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bunch of grapes on vine with two leaves / Π-A P-I, flaming torch. SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock 1329. 1.86gr, 11mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 17mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Asklepios to right / AΣKΛ[...], serpent-entwined staff. Cf. SNG Paris 1828-1848. 3.99gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Mysia, Pergamon AE 18mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: lyre / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; inner left, monogram. Cf. SNG BnF 1885-90. 5.05gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Pergamon, Philetairos AE Chalkous. 282-263 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, ivy leaf. SNG BnF 1676-7 and 1679-81. 1.37gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Pergamon, Eumenes II AE 11mm. Circa 197-159 BC. In the name of Philetairos.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, bee. BMC 65; SNG Copenhagen 353; Imhoof-Blumer F., Die Münzen Der Dynastie Von Pergamon 62, pl. III, 7. 1.12gr, 11mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this small bronze to Eumenes II is based mainly on Imhoof-Blumer's thesis that the majority of the bronzes bearing the name of Philetairos depict the controls of the contemporaneous tetradrachms. -
Kingdom of Pergamon, Eumenes II AE 10mm. Circa 197-159 BC. In the name of Philetairos.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, bee; [ΔΙ below]. BMC 65; SNG Copenhagen 353; Imhoof-Blumer F., Die Münzen Der Dynastie Von Pergamon 62, pl. III, 7. 1.11gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this small bronze to Eumenes II is based mainly on Imhoof-Blumer's thesis that the majority of the bronzes bearing the name of Philetairos depict the controls of the contemporaneous tetradrachms. -
Mysia, Pitane AE 10mm. Mid 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right / Π-Ι-Τ-Α, pentagram. SNG Arikantürk 1056; SNG BnF 2353-5. 0.92gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
