LOT 3063
Aiolis, Temnos, AE 13mm. 2nd century BC.
Laureate head of Apollo right / T-A, bunch of grapes hanging from vine-branch, monogram to right. SNG Copenhagen 255. Good Very Fine.(2.33gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Troas, possibly Kebren (as Antiochia) PB Trial Strike. First part of 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £140
Male bearded head to left / Head of ram to right; above, trident to right, A below. For a similar bronze emission cf. BMC 40. 11.53gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare Greek test strike.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
It has been suggested that such Greek lead test strikes were made by itinerant engravers in an effort to sell their services to cities that produced coins, much like modern coin patterns, which are made by artists to help officials visualise a coin before it is approved for production. -
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
BACI[ΛЄധC AΓ]PIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; L Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I, 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. 1.90gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VI Dionysos AE Serrate. 143-142 BC. Antioch on the Orontes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Radiate head wearing ivy wreath to right / Elephant advancing to left, holding torch in trunk; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ in two lines above, ΕΠΙΦΑΝ[ΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ] in two lines below, ΣTA to right. HGC 9, 1043. 9.09gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
