LOT 3184
Caria, Halikarnassos AE 20mm. Circa 200-180 BC. ΑΙΘΩΝ (Aithon), magistrate.
Facing head of Apollo-Helios, turned slightly to right / Helmetted and draped bust of Athena to right; ΑΛΙΚΑΡΝΑ before, AI[ΘΩN] behind. HNO Online 2585; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 54-5. Very Fine. Extremely rare.(6.73gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Mysia, Pergamon AE 19mm. Circa 133-27 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ [Ν]ΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY, trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass; inner right, monogram. SNG BnF 1893 var. (monogram to inner left). 6.40gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Nice blue-green patina.
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III(?) AE 9mm. Circa 222-187 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΑΝΤΙΟ[...], elephant standing to left (or right). Cf. SC 979; cf. HGC 9, 560. 1.11gr, 9mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. ΦΙΛΩΝ (Philon), magistrate. 'Plinthophoric' coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Radiate head of Helios to right / ΦIΛΩN, rose with bud to left; grain ear to lower right, P-O flanking; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group E, 251; HN Online 175; HGC 6, 1461. 2.97gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Pleasant old cabinet tone. Small flan flaws.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
