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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Troas, Hamaxitos AE 11mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £48
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΜΑ-ΞΙ, lyre. SNG von Aulock 7601; SNG Copenhagen 342. 1.44gr, 11mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
According to Aelian, the inhabitants of Hamaxitus worshipped mice, and for this reason called Apollo, their chief divinity, Smintheus (='mouse' in the Aeolian dialect). -
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Cyprus, Salamis AE 13mm. Evagoras II, circa 361-351 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet / Prow of galley to left; ΣAΛ upwards to left. Tziambazis 130; BMC 74; Traité II, 1193. 2.51gr, 13mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Etruria, Populonia AR 2.5 Asses. 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Young male head to right; UΙΙ behind / Blank. EC I, 95; HN Italy 175; HGC 1, 136. 0.77gr, 11mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 90, 18 November 2021, lot 9. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
