LOT 3203
Aeolis, Gryneion AE 9mm. Before 306 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΓYΡ, mussel shell, cockle shell below. Near Very Fine.(0.70gr, 9mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3203
Aeolis, Gryneion AE 9mm.
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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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy VI Philometor & Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II (Physcon) AE Diobol(?). 170-163 BC. Alexandria mint. Coregency issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae in left field. Svoronos 1424 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI). 20.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
The Thracian Chersonese, Cardia AE 12mm. 357-309 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Lion standing to left / ΚΑΡ-ΔΙΑ, barleycorn within square frame. HGC 3, II, 1482. 1.62gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Hamaxitos AE 11mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΜΑ-ΞΙ, lyre. SNG von Aulock 7601; SNG Copenhagen 342. 1.44gr, 11mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
According to Aelian, the inhabitants of Hamaxitus worshipped mice, and for this reason called Apollo, their chief divinity, Smintheus (='mouse' in the Aeolian dialect).
