LOT 3071
Caria, Kaunos AE Chalkous. 191/0-166 BC.
Diademed male head to right / Double cornucopiae bound with fillet. SNG Copenhagen 184; SNG Keckman 75. Good Fine.(1.78gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesDue to the poor condition of the coin, its attribution is uncertain. Another possible attribution could be from the time of Ptolemy VIII to Cleopatra VII, in the mid-2nd to the 1st century BC. (Svoronos 1160).
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Seleukis and Pieria, Apameia AE 22mm. Dated CY 276 (37/36 BC).
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Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AYTONOMOY, Nike advancing to left, holding untied wreath and palm; ςOΣ (date) downwards in inner left field, AN in exergue. RPC I, 4338. 6.53gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Cyprus, Kourion. Eua- AE Unit. Early-mid 4th century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate head (of Apollo?) facing slightly to left, drapery around neck / Mare standing to right, suckling foal standing to left below; EYA above. Destrooper pl. 10, 11; Zapiti & Michaelidou -; Tziambazis 39. 3.81gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Dichalkon. 246-222 BC. Kyrene mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed head of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, draped bust of Libya to right, wearing taenia; double cornucopiae beneath chin. CPE B483; Svoronos 857. 3.30gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
