LOT 3082
Etruria, Peithesa AE Semuncia. 3rd century BC.
Head of Mercury to right / Owl standing three-quarters facing; [legend] to right. HN Italy 71; Sambon 128. Near Very Fine. Very Rare.(2.23gr, 15mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Mike Ballerini Collection.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3082
Etruria, Peithesa AE Semuncia.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera with Ptolemy XV Caesarion AE 27mm. Circa 37-30 BC. Uncertain mint on Cyprus(?).
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Head of Zeus-Ammon to right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜ[ΑΙΟ]Υ ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΩΣ], eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, palm frond behind shoulder; monogram to right. RPC I 3903; Tziambazis 69; Svoronos 1875 (Cyprus); BMC 52-3. 8.80gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Double struck. Very Rare; RPC lists only 9 examples.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 101, 13 October 2022, lot 559. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 115, 21 December 2023, lot 439. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Macedon, Olynthos AE 16mm. Circa 432-348 BC.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / XAΛKIΔEΩN (retrograde) around lyre. SNG ANS 552-553. 3.90gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Bithynia, Tium AE 10mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Laureate head of Zeus to left / TIANOΣ, eagle standing to left with closed wings. SNG Tübingen 2151. 0.86gr, 10mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Tium is known as the birthplace of Philetaeros, the founder of the royal dynasty of Pergamon.
