LOT 3337
Asia Minor, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol. 4th century BC.
Turreted head of female to right / Monogram; M below. CNG E-573, lot 279 var. (kerykeion, no M); CNG E-575, 174; otherwise, unpublished in the standard references. Very Fine. Very rare.(0.29gr, 7mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
CNG note: 'Prior sales speculated this type may be of Pnytagoras of Salamis, but this was based on a vague similarity of the obverse type to some issues of that king, and an unlikely reading of the monogram as being formed of the letters ΠN.'
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Kings of Commagene, Mithradates I Kallinikos AE Tetrachalkon. Circa 96-70 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Head of Mithradates I to right, wearing bashlyk tied with diadem / BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY KAΛΛINIKOY, Athena standing facing, head to left, extending her right hand and holding spear and shield in her left. Kovacs 221. 4.60gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera with Ptolemy XV Caesarion AE 27mm. Circa 37-30 BC. Uncertain mint on Cyprus(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟ]Υ ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, palm frond behind shoulder; monogram to right. RPC I 3903; Tziambazis 69; Svoronos 1875 (Cyprus); BMC 52-3. 8.80gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Double struck. Very Rare; RPC lists only 9 examples.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 559. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 439. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Caria, Kasolaba AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22
Head of ram to right / Youthful male head to right; Carian letter to left; [to right, A?]; all within square incuse. Cf. HN Online 943; cf. Konuk, Kasolaba 7; cf. SNG Kayhan II, 1637; cf. SNG Keckman I, 868. 0.49gr, 7mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
