LOT 3939
Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol. Circa 4th century BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Male deity, half nude, seated to left on throne, holding patera and sceptre, flanked by two sphinxes. Unpublished in the standard references but cf. Leu 13, 458 = Roma E-79, 334. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; the third known example.(0.27gr, 7mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 118, 8 April 2024, lot 664.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3939
Cilicia, Uncertain Mint AR Hemiobol.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£35 (EUR 41; USD 47) +BP*
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Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. Struck as Strategos or king of Asia, in the name and types of Alexander III. 'Kolophon', circa 310-301 BC.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £67
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; [AΛ]EΞANΔPOY to right, monogram in left field, Φ beneath throne. Price 1823; Müller 808. 4.21gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 207. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Didrachm. 3rd century BC.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
Wreathed head of Kore Soteira to right, hair in sphendone / K-Y Z-I, Apollo, nude but for chlamys draped from his waist, seated to left on omphalos, holding phiale, left arm resting on kithara seated on ground to right; monogram to left. Unpublished denomination. 6.88gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; unpublished and unique.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Cilicia, Soloi-Pompeiopolis AE 12mm. Circa 300-80 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Helmeted head of Athena to right / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, rose, monogram to left. Head B., Historia Numorum, p. 729. 1.83gr, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
