LOT 3166
Aeolis, Kyme AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Head of eagle to left, [ethnic] in fields / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Klein 333; cf. SNG Arikantürk 1, 170; cf. SNG Copenhagen 32. Near Very Fine.(0.38gr, 8mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Ionia, Miletos AE 18mm. 1st century BC. ΣΩΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ(?) (Sostratos), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cult statue of Apollo Didymaios standing to right, holding small stag in his right hand and bow in his left; to right, monogram / [...]ΤΡΑ[...], lion recumbent to right, head to left; above, star. Cf. Deppert-Lippitz 989-94; cf. SNG München 760. 3.70gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy V Epiphanes AE 28mm. Circa 204-180 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Isis to right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with open wings standing to left on thunderbolt. Svoronos 1234; SNG Copenhagen 247. 15.73gr, 28mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 59, 26 July 2020, lot 205 (since professionally cleaned). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Troas, Gentinos AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Female head to right, wearing mural crown; crescent(?) before / Г-Е, bee in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 336 (crescent not mentioned); SNG Ashmolean 1141 (same). 1.41gr, 11mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
