LOT 3232
Caria, Kaunos AE 11mm. 2nd century BC.
Diademed head of Apollo to right / K-AY(ligate), sword in sheath. BMC 17; SNG Copenhagen 187. Near Very Fine.(1.21gr, 11mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3232
Caria, Kaunos AE 11mm.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kings of Cappadocia. Archelaos AE 16mm. Dated year 53 (AD 17/18). Caesarea mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cuirassed and helmeted bust of Athena right; to right, owl / ΚΑΙΣΑ-ΡΕΙΑΣ, shield and spear; ΝΓ (date) below. RPC I, 3617; Ganschow 31. 3.80gr, 16mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare; only four specimens cited in RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Islands off Thrace. Lemnos, Hephaistia AE 13mm. 276/261-167 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Radiate head of Helios to right / H-Φ A-I, Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding kantharos with right and thyrsos with left hand. SNG Copenhagen (Thrace) 984; HGC 6, 295 (R2). 1.97gr, 13mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Corroded. Extremely rare issue of Hephaistia. No other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Troas, Skepsis AE 12mm. Circa 400-300 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Bearded head of Priapos to right, wearing ivy-wreath / Σ-ΚH, filleted thyrsos; in field to right, eight-rayed star. BMC 24 var. (bunch of grapes); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques (1883), p. 266, 196 (symbol not visible); Obolos 39, 302. 1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished variant of a very rare type.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
