LOT 3145
Attica, Athens AE 9mm. Clerouchy of Delos, Period III, circa 166-150 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Quiver; AΘΕ in fields. Svoronos, Monnaies pl. 106, 33-41. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.(0.94gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
It is in the Periods II-III and after the acquisition of Delos in 167/166 BC, that Delian Apollo and his attributes make their appearance as Athenian coin types and dominate the obverses of these small bronze denominations.
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Phoenicia, Sidon AR 1/16 Shekel. Time of Mazday (Mazaios), circa 353-333 BC. Dated RY 17(?) (337/6 BC).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Phoenician galley to left; date above, waves below / Persian king or hero, holding dagger in right hand, standing to right, fighting lion standing to left on hind legs, Phoenician letters between; all within incuse square. Cf. Elayi & Elayi Group IV.6.2.k; cf. DCA 859; HGC 10, 265. 0.60gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 12mm. 222-187 BC. Sardes mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ANTIOXO[Y], Apollo standing to left, holding arrow and resting elbow on tall tripod; monogram to outer right. SC 983; HGC 9, 518. 2.27gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 495. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Thebe AE 9mm. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of grain ears / [ΘΗ]Β-A, forepart of Pegasos with curled wing to right. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, p. 247, 95c. 0.78gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
