Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Aeolis, Temnos AE 13mm. Circa 300-250 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ivy- wreathed head of Dionysos to right / T-A, grape bunch on vine, flower to left. Asia Minor Coins #8378. 1.85gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lesbos, Unattributed Early Mint BI 1/36 Stater. Circa 500-450 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Boar’s head to left / Incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; HGC 6, -; seemingly unpublished. 0.32gr, 7mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lesbos, Mytilene AR Tetradrachm. Circa 188-170 BC. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΔO monogram above lyre in left field, Δ in exergue. Price 1729. 16.16gr, 37mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Klazomenai AE 11mm. Circa 386-301 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΔΙΑΛΛΟΣ (Diallos), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΔIAΛΛOΣ, swan standing to left, with wings spread. Unrecorded magistrate's name. 0.99gr, 11mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished with this magistrate's name.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Klazomenai AE 11mm. 4th century BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Magistrate's name, swan standing to left, with wings spread. Cf. BMC 46. 1.17gr, 11mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Klazomenai AE 11mm. 4th century BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / Ram standing to left. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 42 (Apollas magistrate). 1.32gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Leukai or Klazomenai AE 10mm. 4th century BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Swan to left. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 800 (Leukai); cf. BMC 46 (Klazomenai). 0.99gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Kolophon AR Obol. Circa 530/25-500 BC. Persic standard.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £45
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Incuse square punch. Kim & Kroll p. 73; SNG Kayhan 1308. 0.87gr, 8mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Rare denomination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Kolophon AE 19mm. Circa 320-294 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΚΟΡΩΝΟΣ (Koronos), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Horseman riding to right with chlamys flying behind, holding lance; [KOΛ] above, [kithara?] in upper left field, [KOP]ΩNOΣ to left and below. Cf. Kinns 104; otherwise unpublished. 3.19gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Kolophon AE 14mm. Circa 330-285 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
ΕΡΜΟΘΕΣΤΟΣ (Hermothestos), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Forepart of horse to right; ΕΡΜΟΘΕΣ upwards to left, KO below. Milne 110; BMC 24. 2.14gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex N&N. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Ionia, Leukai AE 16mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to left / ΛEΟ[...], swan standing to left with wings spread, head to right. Cf. Traité II, 2046. 2.87gr, 16mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Magnesia as Maeandrum AE 13mm. Circa 300-200 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΡΧΙΑΣ (Archias), magistrate. Horseman charging to right, holding spear / Humped bull butting to left on ground line; [APXIAΣ] below. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, p.291, 86. 2.62gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
