LOT 3848
Aeolis, Boione AE 10mm. After 310 BC.
Female head to left, wearing sphendone / ΒΟΙΟΝΙ-ΤΗΣ, bull standing to right. Nollé, Boione Abb. 2 a; SNG Arikantürk 161ff.; SNG Copenhagen 28. Very Fine. Very rare.(1.08gr, 10mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The reverse legend ΒΟΙΩΝΙΤΗΣ, according to J. Nollé, refers to the bull which is interpreted as the river god Boionetes, the river of Boione.
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LOT 3848
Aeolis, Boione AE 10mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Palmyrene, Palmyra AE 10mm. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
Turreted bust of Tyche(?) to right / Astarte standing facing in galley, holding cornucopia and wreath. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Stephen Album 28, 14 and Roma E-57, 549. 0.82gr, 10mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Bithynia, Prusias II Cynegos AE 21mm. 182-149 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠΡΟYΣIOY, the centaur Cheiron standing to right, playing kithara; monogram below raised foreleg. HGC 7, 629. 5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes AE Half Unit. 306-283 BC. Pella mint. In the types of Alexander III.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Macedonian shield with monogram of Demetrios on the boss / BA-ΣΙ, Macedonian helmet; pedum(?) to left. Newell 128; HGC 3, 1019. 4.18gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
