LOT 3169
Bithynia, Tium AE 10mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing to left with closed wings. SNG Tübingen 2151. Very Fine.(0.86gr, 10mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Tium is known as the birthplace of Philetaeros, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamon.
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LOT 3169
Bithynia, Tium AE 10mm.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Cyprus, Marion AE 21mm. Timarchos or Stasioikos II, 4th century BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Shield adorned with wreath containing ['sa-pa'] in Cypriot / Head of lion to left; [MAPIEYΣ] below. Cf. Tziambazis Supp. 20 (no king named); Destrooper 16 (no king named); cf. Roma E-91, 496 corr. (Stasioikos II) and Roma E-74, 668 (Timarchos). 7.83gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 515. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
The two Roma Numismatics auction specimens listed both have clear letters on the obverse, one reading 'ti-pa' and the other 'sa-pa' for Timarchos and Stasioikos II. -
Cyclades, Naxos AE 10mm. 4th century BC.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Bearded head of Dionysos to left, wearing wreath of ivy with berries at the tip / Kantharos; grape bunch above, ivy leaves at sides, N-A flanking base. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos II, Canthare 1a, 1-6; SNG Copenhagen 709; HGC 6, 641. 1.20gr, 10mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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Ionia, Teos AR Tetartemorion. Circa 450-425 BC.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Griffin seated to right, raising forepaw / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 1442. 0.15gr, 7mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
