LOT 3205
Aeolis, Larissa Phrikonis AE 11mm. 4th century BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙΩΝ], bull standing to right. BMC -; SNG Ashmolean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Obolos 23, 437 (hammer: 374 GBP). Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished and the second known example.(1.10gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Troas, Skepsis AE 12mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Bearded head of Priapos to right, wearing ivy-wreath / Σ-ΚH, filleted thyrsos; in field to right, eight-rayed star. BMC 24 var. (bunch of grapes); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques (1883), p. 266, 196 (symbol not visible); Obolos 39, 302. 1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished variant of a very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cyprus, Marion AE 21mm. Timarchos or Stasioikos II, 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Shield adorned with wreath containing ['sa-pa'] in Cypriot / Head of lion to left; [MAPIEYΣ] below. Cf. Tziambazis Supp. 20 (no king named); Destrooper 16 (no king named); cf. Roma E-91, 496 corr. (Stasioikos II) and Roma E-74, 668 (Timarchos). 7.83gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 515. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
The two Roma Numismatics auction specimens listed both have clear letters on the obverse, one reading 'ti-pa' and the other 'sa-pa' for Timarchos and Stasioikos II. -
Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Drachm. Circa 367/6-340 BC. Rhodian standard.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
KAΛX, bull standing to left on grain ear; to left, kerykeion next to monogram of ΔA / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled quarters. RG 15; SNG BM Black Sea 104; HGC 7, 511. 3.75gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
