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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Mysia. Astyra, Tissaphernes AE 11mm. Circa 400-395 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
[TIΣΣA], bare, bearded head of Tissaphernes to right / ΑΣΤΥΡΗ, facing cult statue of Artemis Astyrene, wearing polos and with fillets hanging from wrists; to upper right, vertical club. Klein 253; SNG Arikantürk 331-61; SNG BnF 124A. 1.52gr, 11mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Astyra was a small town of Mysia, in the plain of Thebes, between Antandros and Adramyteion. It had a temple of Artemis, of which the Antandrii had the superintendence, and Artemis had hence the name of ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣ ΑΣΤΥΡΗΝΗ (Artemis Astyrene), as it appears on our coin. -
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Lesbos, Mytilene AE 13mm. Circa 350-250 BC.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Female head (Mytilene?) to right, with hair in sphendone / Lyre. Cf. HGC 6, 1052. 1.56gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy II Philadelphos AE Tetrobol. 265/260-246 BC. Alexandria mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right / [ΠTOΛEMAIOY] BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt; Y between legs. CPE B279 (Series 3); Svoronos 509; SNG Copenhagen -; Weiser -. 43.14gr, 36mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
