LOT 3168
Bithynia, Kios AR Half Siglos or Hemidrachm. Circa 345-315 BC.
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (Demetrios), magistrate. Persic standard. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΔΗΜΗ-ΤΡΙΟΣ, prow of galley to left. RG 3; HGC 7, 553. Near Very Fine.(2.39gr, 14mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter AE Obol. Circa 294-282 BC. Palaipaphos mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing polos ornamented with palmettes / [ΠTO]ΛEMAI[OY], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt. CPE B118; Svoronos 74; Cox, Curium 31. 9.52gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 492. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Janiform female head wearing double stephane, necklace, and circular pendant earring / Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, Type I, pl. V, 14; SNG BnF 1131. 0.82gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Ionia, Lebedos AE 12mm. Circa 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΛEBEΔIΩ], prow to left / Cow standing to left, head turned to right towards calf suckling to right below; above, spearhead to right. Imhoof-Blumer, Antike griechische Münzen, in: SNG XIX (1913), p. 38, 108 corr. (legend); Lindgren III 1644 corr. (misdescribed as Leukas) = Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 21 (2007), 790 corr. (as 'incert'). 1.29gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare smalll denomination of Lebedos.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
