Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Islands off Ionia, Samos AE 11mm. Circa 300-200 BC.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Head of Hera facing / Facing lion's head, invisible inscription below. Cf. BMC p. 366, 172. 0.89gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Antioch ad Maeandrum AE 12mm. Circa 168-100 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to right; c/m: kerykeion within triangular incuse / ANTIO[...], forepart of humped bull recumbent to left on Maeander pattern, bunch of grapes in right field. Not in the major references. 1.24gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Karia, Kaunos AR Tritartemorion. Circa 490-470 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Iris with curved wings and outstretched hands in a kneeling-running position to left, head reverted / Griffin standing to left, one front paw raised, in incuse square with dotted border. HNO 435; Konuk 60-61; SNG von Aulock 8041. 0.67gr, 8mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Karia, Kidramos AE Assarion. Reign of Vespasian, AD 69-79. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (Pamphilos, son of Seleukos), magistrate. KIΔPAMHNΩN, radiate and draped bust of Helios to right / ΠAMΦIΛOC CЄΛЄYKOY, Hermes standing to left, holding purse and caduceus. RPC II 1260. 3.10gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Mylasa AR Tetartemorion. Circa 420-390 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Forepart of lion to left, head to right / Bird standing to left; two pellets around; all within incuse square. HN Online 2046; SNG Kayhan 947-8. 0.14gr, 5mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Uncertain mint 'D' AR Tetartemorion. Circa 450-400 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Foreparts of two confronted bulls, with horns intertwined / Forepart of bull to left within incuse square. Cf. HNO Online 73. 0.11gr, 8mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Caria, Uncertain mint 'D' AR Tetartemorion. Circa 450-400 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
[Foreparts of two confronted bulls, with horns intertwined] / Forepart of bull to left within incuse square. Cf. HNO Online 73. 0.15gr, 7mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodes, Rhodos AE 12mm. Circa 188-84 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Radiate head of Helios to right / [P-O], rose with bud to left and right, all within incuse square. SNG Keckman 702; SNG Copenhagen 860; BMC 327. 1.26gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Lydia, Kroisos AR 1/24 Stater. Circa 561-546 BC. Sardes mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Confronted foreparts of lion to right and bull to left / Incuse punch. GRPC Lydia S10; SNG Tübingen 3652-3. 0.29gr, 6mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia. Ifes, Lydian usurper(?) AR Hemiobol. Circa 450/425-400 BC. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Youthful male head to left / 'Ifelim' in Lydian above grain of wheat. M. Egetmeyer: Eine neue Münze mit lydischer Inschrift, in: Kadmos 51 (2012), Heft 1, 175-178, illustration 1-2 = Gemini VIII (2011), 98 (misattributed to Salamis on Cyprus). 0.36gr, 6mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum AE 14mm. 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head (king or priest) to right, hair bound in broad tainia / ΜΑΓΝΗ ΣΙΠΥ[ΛΟ], tripod, monogram to upper left. GRPC Lydia 30; Vossen 5850. 3.04gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Lydia, Sardes AE 17mm. After 133 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΙΠΠΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ (Hipponeikos), magistrate. Unbearded, laureate head of Herakles to right, lionskin knotted around neck / ΣAΡΔIANΩN IΠΠΟΝΕ[Ι]-ΚΟΣ, Apollo, naked, standing to left, holding raven and laurel branch, all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 88 corr. (ΙΠΠΕΝΕΙΚΟΣ). 5.52gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine, Very rare magistrate's name.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
