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LOT 3346
Group of Eleven [11] Greek and Roman AE Coins. 3rd century BC-3rd century AD.
Comprising: mixed rules, denominations, issues and reverse types. As Shown.(59.41gr total, 9-20mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the early 2000s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3346
Group of Eleven [11] Greek and Roman AE Coins.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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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. -
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AE 14mm. Circa 226-220 B.C.
Estimate: £100 - 150 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Diademed and veiled female bust (of Berenike II?) to right / [PO], prow of galley to right; above, rose. R. Ashton: Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-229 BC, in: NC 1986, Group 1; BMC 228; SNG Kayhan 1706. 3.04gr, 14mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Very rare and of historical importance.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
R. Ashton connects this type with the disaster relief sent by Ptolemy III to Rhodes after the devastating earthquake of circa 226 BC. -
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Seleukid Empire, Antiochos III AE 19mm. 223-187 BC. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Laureate head of Apollo to right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, tripod. Cf. SC 1060; cf. HGC 9, 468. 7.09gr, 19mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
