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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Lydia, Thyessos AE 18mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Zeus Ammon to left / Eight-rayed star, Θ-Y above. GRPC Lydia 3; BMC 3 (Troas, Thymbra); SNG von Aulock 1584 (same). 5.24gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare city.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
For the reattribution of this coinage from Thymbra in Troas to Thyessos in Lydia, see D. S. Lenger, Thyessos in Lydia, not Thymbra in the Troad in D. Boteva, ed., Ex nummis lux: Studies in Ancient Numismatics in Honor of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017). -
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 432-431 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / AIN, goat standing to right; herm before. May, Ainos Group XX, 112; HGC 3, 1274. 0.99gr, 11mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Rare symbol.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE Tetras(?) Time of Dionysios II, 367-357 BC. 'Kainon' issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Griffin springing to left / [KAINON], horse galloping to left, with trailing rein. Campana 1 ('Kainon'); CNS I, p. 249, 1 ('Kainon'); HGC 2, 509 ('Kainon'). 10.15gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
