LOT 3205
Cilicia, Korykos AE 21mm. 1st century BC.
Turreted head of Tyche to right; behind, AN / KOPYKIΩTΩN, Hermes standing to left, holding purse in right hand and kerykeion in left; to left, ΔI above NI above AN. SNG BnF 1086-93; SNG Levante 791. Very Fine. Dark green patina.(8.27gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Sasanian Kingdom. Peroz I AR Drachm. AD 457/9-484.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DA (Dārābgird) mint. Struck circa AD 477-484. Bust to right, wearing crown with two wings, frontal crescent, and korymbos set on crescent, ribbon over each shoulder / Fire altar with ribbons; flanked by two attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. Cf. SNS type IIIb/1e. 4.09gr, 27mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Ionia, Smyrna AE Homereion. After 190 BC. EΡΜΟΛΑΟΣ ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΟΝΤΟΣ (Hermolaos, son of Parmenion), magistrate.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Laureate head of Apollo to right / Homer seated to left, holding scroll, transverse sceptre behind; [Z]MYPNAIΩN to right, EPMOΛAOΣ ΠΑΡΜΕΝΙΟ[NΤΟΣ] in three lines to left. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Milne (NC 1927) Pg. 88, No. 302. 8.84gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Dark green patina. Extremely Rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
Strabo mentions specifically this issue of bronze coinage from Smyrna when, discussing the city, he says "there is also a library; and the 'Homereum', a quadrangular portico containing a shrine and wooden statue of Homer; for the Smyrnaeans also lay especial claim to the poet and indeed a bronze coin of theirs is called a Homereum" (Strabo, Geographica XIV, I.37, transl. by H.C. Jones, The Geography of Strabo, VI [Loeb, 1960], pp. 245-247). -
Kingdom of Persis. Pakor II AR Obol. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem / Bearded bust to left, wearing diadem. K&M 4/37; Tyler-Smith, Parcel 167 (Pakor I); Alram 594 (Pakor I); Sunrise 621. 0.56gr, 11h, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
