LOT 3227
Caria, Amyzon AE 18mm. 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
AMYZO-NЄധN, female African head to right wearing braids / Laureate male head to right; c/m: large B (denominational mark). RPC IV.2 Online 11847; Robert, Amyzon 20. Very Fine. Very rare type; only five specimens cited by RPC Online.(2.85gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos II Theos(?) AE 13mm. Circa 261-246 BC. Ekbatana mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed head to right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated to left on omphalos; [ΒΑ]ΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, [ΑΝ]ΤΙΟΧ[ΟΥ] to left. Cf. SC 611; cf. HGC 9, 286. 2.48gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Macedon, Amphipolis AE 13mm. 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Herakles to right in lionskin / AMΦIΠO-[ΛITΩN], lion standing to right. HGC 3.1, 433. 2.90gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AR Drachm. Circa 301/0-300/299 BC. Abydos mint. In the types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧ[ΟY], Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, forepart of lion to left above monogram; below throne, head of griffin to left. Müller -; Thompson 65. 4.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
