LOT 3927
Cilicia, Holmoi AR Obol. Circa 380-375 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / OΛΜΙΤAΝ, laureate head of Apollo Sarpedonios to right. Cf. SNG Levante 34 (legends and Apollo diademed). Cf. SNG Paris 121 (legends and Apollo diademed). Very Fine.(0.54gr, 9mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a UK gallery.
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LOT 3927
Cilicia, Holmoi AR Obol.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£25 (EUR 29; USD 34) +BP*
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Kingdom of Pergamon, Eumenes II AE 10mm. Circa 197-159 BC. In the name of Philetairos.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΦΙΛΕΤΑΙΡΟΥ, bee; [ΔΙ below]. BMC 65; SNG Copenhagen 353; Imhoof-Blumer F., Die Münzen Der Dynastie Von Pergamon 62, pl. III, 7. 1.11gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The attribution of this small bronze to Eumenes II is based mainly on Imhoof-Blumer's thesis that the majority of the bronzes bearing the name of Philetairos depict the controls of the contemporaneous tetradrachms. -
Mysia, Adramyteion AE 12mm. Circa 2nd-1st century BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis / AΔPAMVTH, owl standing to right with closed wings, head facing. Stauber, Adramytteion p. 215, 144 = Von Fritze, Mysiens 97, pl. II, 16; Lindgren I 205. 1.00gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Kolophon AR Obol. Circa 530/25-500 BC. Persic standard.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Archaic head of Apollo to left / Incuse square punch. Kim & Kroll p. 73; SNG Kayhan 1308. 0.87gr, 8mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Rare denomination.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
