LOT 3165
Bithynia, Herakleia Pontica AE 11mm. 3rd-1st century BC.
Wreathed head of Dionysos(?) to right / H-P-A between three clubs. Cf. RG 63-64. Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other on the market since the last twenty years.(0.96gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3165
Bithynia, Herakleia Pontica AE 11mm.
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Pisidia, Termessos AE 18mm. 1st century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / [TEP]MHΣ-ΣΕΩΝ, lyre. SNG BnF 2095; Waddington 4018. 3.24gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter AR Drachm. Circa 155-130 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, wearing crested helmet covered with pelt of scales and adorned with wing / Athena Alkidemos advancing to left; monogram to right. Bopearachchi 16E; SNG ANS 868; HGC 12, 193. 1.79gr, 16mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Kings of Commagene, Antiochos III AE Hemichalkon. Circa 12 BC-AD 17. Mopsos mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, wreathed head of Artemis to left; below, monogram (?). RPC Online -; Kovacs -, cf. 236 (head of Artemis to right); for another example see Leu Numismatik AG, Web 30, 953 = Obolos 39, 351 (hammer: 608 GBP). 1.09gr, 11mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and the second known example. Of great numismatic interest.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
