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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Macedon, District of Bottiaia. Coinage in the name of the Botteatans AE 24mm. Circa 168-148 BC. Pella mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet / BOTTE-ATΩN, ox grazing to right. Cf. AMNG III.1 131. 10.41gr, 24mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
North Africa, Carthage AE Trishekel. 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Wreathed head of Tanit to left / Horse walking to right; pellet below. CNP 63; MAA 105; SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 409-411 var. (pellet). 17.64, 28mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Rare.
Ex Amilcare Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 70, 7 May 2020, lot 341. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Lucania, Metapontion AE 13mm. Circa 300-250 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress / META, grain ear with leaf to right. HN III 1696; Johnston Bronze 60; HGC 1, 1124. 2.39gr, 13mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
