LOT 3258
Cilicia, Mallos AR Hemiobol. Circa 440-390 BC.
Bearded head of Bellerophon to left, wearing cap or helmet; all within dotted border / MA, head of boar to left. Unpublished in the standard references; for another example cf. Nomos AG, Auction 33, 1419. Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known example.(0.33gr, 6mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3258
Cilicia, Mallos AR Hemiobol.
Estimate £100 - 150€120 - 170 (for guidance only)$140 - 200 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£20 (EUR 23; USD 27) +BP*
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Ionia, Miletos AE 10mm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo slightly to right / Lion standing to right, its head to left; star above, [magistrate's name] below. 0.86gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phrygia, Sanaos AE 18mm. 2nd century BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ΑΠΟΛ- (Apol-), magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΣΑΝΑΗΝΩΝ ΑΠΟΛ, tripod flanked by two laurel branches. Imhoof-Blumer, KM, p. 286, 1; Von Aulock, Phrygien I, 856-8. 3.76gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare mint.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Sanaos was probably located on the northern coast of the salt Lake Anava, on the eastern road between Apamea and Laodicea. -
Kings of Armenia Minor, Mithradates AE Chalkous. Circa 180s-170s BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Draped female bust to left / Draped bust of Mithradates to left, bearded and wearing upright bashlyk tied with a diadem; before, monogram of AP; behind, 'q' in Aramaic. Kovacs 30 corr. (legend not noted). 1.49gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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