LOT 3796
Illyria, Apollonia AE 19mm. Early-mid 1st century BC.
Head of Dionysos to right; wreathed in ivy / [ΑΠΟΛΛΩ]-ΝΙΑΤΑΝ, filleted cornucopia; monogram to left. Mionnet II 58; HGC 3.1, 14. Very Fine. Extremely rare.(6.94gr, 19mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3796
Illyria, Apollonia AE 19mm.
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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Pamphylia, Aspendos AE 17mm. Circa 200-100 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Forepart of horse galloping to right; c/m: eagle(?) to right / Sling; O-Θ to either side. SNG BnF 126. 4.54gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Pontos, Amisos AE 22mm. Circa 95-90 or 80-70 BC.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Wreathed head of Mithradates VI as young Dionysos right / Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica, to left, monogram. HGC 7, 243. 8.04gr, 22mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s. -
Islands off Ionia, Samos AR Tetradrachm. Dated RY 3 (452/1 BC) (restoration era date).
Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,444
Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox to right; ΣA above, olive branch to left, Γ (date) below; all within incuse square. Barron Class VII, 72a (A33/P72) (this coin); Slg. O'Hagan 591 (this coin); Coll. Berlin (Fox coll.); HGC 6, 1190. 12.96gr, 24mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone. Well centred and of fine style. Extremely rare date (no other examples on CoinArchives).
Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 23 March 1896, lot 592. Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 4 May 1908, lot 591. From Hyman Montagu (1844-1895) collection. From Henry Osborne O'Hagan, Esq. (1853-1930) collection. Ex Cahn, 1951. Ex Bourgey Emile, Collection de Monnaies Grecques Gauloise-romaines, Hôtel Drouot Sale, Paris, 13 June 1952, lot 127. Ex Münzen & Medaillen, Basel. From Rollin & Feuardent (William Talbot Ready), London. Acquired privately from Jean Vinchon, Paris.
