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LOT 3264
Cyprus, Marion AE 21mm. Timarchos or Stasioikos II, 4th century BC.
Shield adorned with wreath containing ['sa-pa'] in Cypriot / Head of lion to left; [MAPIEYΣ] below. Cf. Tziambazis Supp. 20 (no king named); Destrooper 16 (no king named); cf. Roma E-91, 496 corr. (Stasioikos II) and Roma E-74, 668 (Timarchos). Near Very Fine. Very rare.(7.83gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 515.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
The two Roma Numismatics auction specimens listed both have clear letters on the obverse, one reading 'ti-pa' and the other 'sa-pa' for Timarchos and Stasioikos II.
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LOT 3264
Cyprus, Marion AE 21mm.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Kings of Thrace, Lysimachos AE 23mm. Struck after 301 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Anatolia.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Male head in peaked Phrygian helmet to right / Trophy; [BAΣ]ΙΛΕΩΣ to left, [ΛYΣI]MAXOY to right. SNG Copenhagen 1164; HGC 3.2, 1755. 6.22gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 217. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Mysia, Lampsakos AR Obol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Janiform female head wearing double stephane, necklace, and circular pendant earring / Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet; all within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A, Type I, pl. V, 14; SNG BnF 1131. 0.82gr, 10mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Sicily, Syracuse AE 26mm. Time of Timoleon and the Third Democracy, circa 344-339/8 BC.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; ZEΥ[Σ ΕΛΕΘΥΕPΙΟΣ] around / Upright thunderbolt, to right, eagle standing to right; ΣY[PAKOΣIΩN] around. CNS II, 72; SNG ANS 477-88; HGC 2, 1440. 15.91gr, 26mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 92, 16 December 2021, lot 146. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
